On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sagacity. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as wisdom or judgment and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sagacity in a sentence
Sagacity meaning
- The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
- Keen sense of smell.
Synonyms of Sagacity
Using Sagacity
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful. | Keen sense of smell.
- Useful related words include: sagaciousness, wisdom, judgment, judgement.
- In the example corpus, sagacity often appears in combinations such as: political sagacity, and sagacity, sagacity of.
Context around Sagacity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sagacity
- In this selection, "sagacity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, rare, intelligence, succeeding, fled and prowess stand out and add context to how "sagacity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and rare sagacity and exceed the sagacity of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sagacity" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sagacity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His intelligence, sagacity, astuteness have no match,” she tweeted. (9 words)
When the oil came on the horizon, Jagdeo’s strength and sagacity fled. (13 words)
I hope Sir Neiphiu Rio with all sagacity is looking into the issue with urgency. (15 words)
The unveiling of the ministerial list by President Muhammadu Buhari, recently, appeared to have reaffirmed Amosun’s political sagacity as the nominee from his state turned out to be the former governor’s trusted, long-standing associate. (37 words)
Applauding the leadership style of Senator Godswill Akpabio, he explained that within the last five months, he has demonstrated a high level of intelligence and sagacity while at the helm of affairs in the National Assembly. (36 words)
He said that the party’s landslide victory is a testament to the governor’s political sagacity, prowess and the acceptance of PDP as the only relevant political party in the state. (32 words)
Example sentences (16)
Applauding the leadership style of Senator Godswill Akpabio, he explained that within the last five months, he has demonstrated a high level of intelligence and sagacity while at the helm of affairs in the National Assembly.
As such, it is only fitting that the incoming President Tinubu considers utilising the political sagacity of Maksha and his prowess in the field of medicine and management in his administration.
MKO, as he was fondly called, was a man of sharp intellect, witty and rare sagacity.
He has proven to be a man of immense political sagacity, succeeding in truncating the instituted ethnic and political divide that was enthroned prior to his emergence.
When the oil came on the horizon, Jagdeo’s strength and sagacity fled.
He said that the party’s landslide victory is a testament to the governor’s political sagacity, prowess and the acceptance of PDP as the only relevant political party in the state.
His intelligence, sagacity, astuteness have no match,” she tweeted.
I hope Sir Neiphiu Rio with all sagacity is looking into the issue with urgency.
The unveiling of the ministerial list by President Muhammadu Buhari, recently, appeared to have reaffirmed Amosun’s political sagacity as the nominee from his state turned out to be the former governor’s trusted, long-standing associate.
In the build up to the National Convention of APC, the Okorocha group paid glowing tributes to the political sagacity of Oshiomole as the incoming one to sanitize the system.
Abdur Rahman's attitude at this critical juncture is a good example of his political sagacity.
A contemporary historian has described him as "the Plato of the Jat people " and by a modern writer as the "Jat Odysseus ", because of his political sagacity, steady intellect, and clear vision.
I saw ten, twenty, a hundred large lipped, lowbrowed black men in the streets who, except in the mere matter of language, did not exceed the sagacity of the elephant.
On returning, Lopes' ship had left him on St Helena, where with admirable sagacity and industry he planted vegetables and nurseries with which passing ships were marvellously sustained.
The documents show the sagacity, filial piety, and work ethic of Yao, Shun, and Yu.
The word derives from the 14th-century Old French word prudence, which, in turn, derives from the Latin prudentia meaning "foresight, sagacity".
Common combinations with sagacity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- political sagacity 7×
- and sagacity 3×
- sagacity of 3×
- the sagacity 2×