INTELLIGIBLE in a Sentence

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1. Nobody can equal him in intelligence.
2. Action is the real measure of intelligence.
3. The children were given an intelligence test.
4. Nature has endowed her with beauty and intelligence.
5. The measurement of individual intelligence is very difficult.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTELLIGIBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
intelligible
 a.  understandable; clear to the mind
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Henry was most happy to make it more intelligible, by beginning at an earlier stage, and explaining very particularly what he had done.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
2  The conclusion was scarcely intelligible from increasing fright, for she found that Mr. Crawford, under pretence of receiving the note, was coming towards her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  It was of little moment, indeed, whether they were intelligible or no; for there was nobody to care for them, had they been ever so plain.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  The matron expressed her entire concurrence in this intelligible simile; and the beadle went on.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  The girl moaned out some half intelligible reply, that she could not tell; and seemed, from the smothered noise that escaped her, to be crying.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  He gave her a very plain, intelligible account of the whole; a narration in which she saw a great deal of most characteristic proceeding.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
7  Even if he did not come to Camden Place himself, it would be in her power to send an intelligible sentence by Captain Harville.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
8  During his walk home his most intelligible sensation was that his scheme had somehow become glorified.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
9  Her aunt's words had told her nothing new; but they had revived the vision of Bertha Dorset, smiling, flattered, victorious, holding her up to ridicule by insinuations intelligible to every member of their little group.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
10  But when Le Renard raised his voice in a long and intelligible whoop, it was answered by a spontaneous yell from the mouth of every Indian within hearing of the sound.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
11  Though the figurative language of David was not very intelligible, the sincere and steady expression of his eye, and the glow of his honest countenance, were not easily mistaken.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
12  One of their number now called aloud, in words that were far from appalling, though not more intelligible to those for whose ears they were intended, than their expressive yells.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
13  The tribe consented to act with deliberation, and with one voice they committed the direction of the whole affair to the government of the chief who had suggested such wise and intelligible expedients.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
14  After a short conference, the plan was matured, and rendered more intelligible to the several parties; the different signals were appointed, and the chiefs separated, each to his allotted station.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
15  The strains rose just so loud as to become intelligible, and then grew fainter and more trembling, until they finally sank on the ear, as if borne away by a passing breath of wind.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
Example Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
16  This is an age when we boast of our emotional intelligence and we claim to feel each other's pain.
17  She's the equal of her brother as far as intelligence is concerned.
18  The revelation was discussed at closed sessions of the Senate select committee on intelligence, chaired by Democrat David Boren.
19  The measurement of individual intelligence is very difficult.
20  The country needs a strong intelligence service to counter espionage and foreign extremists.
21  To be good at the game you need a reasonable level of intelligence.
22  Action is the real measure of intelligence.
23  Nature has endowed her with beauty and intelligence.
24  Nobody can equal him in intelligence.
25  This would bring about a lowering of the general level of intelligence in the population.
26  Reliable intelligence reports suggest that the terrorists have bases in five cities.
27  Military intelligence is gathered using sophisticated technology.
28  The children were given an intelligence test.
29  He is totally lacking in the kind of analytical, logical, thoughtful intelligence needed by a leader, much less a President.
30  Potential intelligence, like potential, can remain inert forever.