How to Use agile in a Sentence

agile

adjective
  • Leopards are very fast and agile.
  • The wine feels lifted and agile on the palate.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Some have agile fingers, and some have stiff hands.
    — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Hang-on stands are the smallest and most agile of stand types.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2019
  • And a team of agile technocrats were on hand to fend off a crisis.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Viper is agile enough to flip upside down and stick to a ceiling.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That means there has to be more agile thinking in business.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • That should help deliver a smoother ride, if not a more agile one.
    — Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Most people that age are not that agile and would just throw on something.
    — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The monkey was small and agile and took the money and dropped it in a cigar box.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • At the same time, businesses need to be agile.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The goal is to have a business group that is less heavy, smaller and more agile.
    — Candido Mendes, Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Järnkrok looked agile and engaged in a 4-2 loss.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Very agile and under control at his size.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Structure does not slow an agile business down.
    — Laura Jayne Waters, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Davis was too strong to defend in the post and too agile for a big man to guard on the perimeter.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Be agile in your thinking and planning.
    — Gary McGuigan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Mayfield is agile, quick out of his stance as a run blocker and can be a force in the screen game.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The smaller size is more agile on the water and more compact when stored.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
  • Start small, be scrappy and agile and see how the metrics are trending.
    — Raghu Gollamudi, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • The males, who often have white spots where their scales have been rubbed off in clashes, have to be agile.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The steering has earned praise for its feedback, and the car feels balanced and agile.
    — Jeff Sabatini, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • This keeps you lean, agile and focused on outcomes instead of org charts.
    — Iryna Stasiuk, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • That meant everyone had to be agile and fleet-footed.
    — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • An agile, blond male dressed like a penguin twirled, spun, jumped and did splits on roller skates to rock music.
    — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Rahim is an agile and clever host, always ready with a follow-up question that hits the mark.
    — Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Share a smart idea with a neighbor, then turn it into a clear message while your mind stays agile.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
  • Williams is agile enough to make quick cuts from outside arc to the rim and strong enough to contest big men in the paint.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Teichmann played an agile game at the top of the court, pulling in some of her best points of the match from that point.
    — Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 23 Aug. 2021
  • That’s a choice any agile enterprise can make, starting now.
    — Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 17 May 2026

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