How to Use brainy in a Sentence

brainy

adjective
  • Mulier is more of a brainy man.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Can a brainy designer leave his mark?
    — CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • De-pantsed the brainy Pats, catching a touchdown pass on fourth down.
    — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Another is said to have skipped that step and just hired brainy subs to take tests for clients’ children.
    — Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 16 July 2019
  • These are heady ideas, and Silent Friend is certainly a brainy film.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The blend of brainy and base is typical Wallace.
    — Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • More distant relatives like monkeys and lemurs are quite brainy, too.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Still, even the brainiest recruits have to master the basics.
    — The Economist, 24 May 2018
  • In these cities, brainy people from all around the world come together and bounce ideas off each other.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • There’s something really brainy about that.
    — Charles Usher, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
  • Kirsten, on the other hand, is hard-working, determined and brainy.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The jock, the loser, the brainy nerd—think The Breakfast Club.
    — Annalise Mabe, Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2022
  • There are dreamy electro-pop songs and passionate bangers that get at her brainy and thirsty sides, just like her two crushes.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • These small, fast-running, brainy predators are some of the closest relatives of birds.
    — Stephen Brusatte, Scientific American, 17 July 2015
  • Kenneth was next, brainy and studious, but also kind of a jock—a picture of success from a very young age.
    — Edward Enninful, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Now, enjoy this brainy granola for breakfasts, after school snacks, or dessert toppings.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Heather comes across like the brainiest girl in English class but too humble to realize it.
    — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Rybolovlev's trust in the glamorous, brainy 31-year-old lawyer is obvious.
    — Vicky Ward, Town & Country, 17 Nov. 2015
  • Think of it like a TaskRabbit or Thumbtack for remote, more brainy work.
    — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, 24 July 2018
  • But these manufacturers aren’t just grafting on brainy gadgets to raise the prices.
    — Haley Velasco, WSJ, 23 May 2018
  • Harley used to be a brainy psychologist, until the Joker led her down a nutso path of crime.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The job was so tough, even brainy Orel Hershiser eventually threw up his hands.
    — Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The brainy and beautiful Sasha Velour got some celeb love from Katy Perry.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
  • Is bold, brainy but baffling Brandon Staley the best person to lead them into the hearts of this town?
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Glib, sly and brainy, his Tony Stark is a millionaire jerk whom Downey makes endearing.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Kirsh sets the tone for the brainier side of this episode via two of this episode’s punchier scenes — ones where the dialectic dialogue really pops.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Once the defiant moniker of the brainy social outcast, nerd is now claimed by anyone with a deep affinity for some area of knowledge.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The format offers the opportunity for viewers at home to play along and for the appointment of a brainy host.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Bibliophiles need not to look further than the crimson wall of novels as the brainiest backdrop for wedding photos.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 31 May 2026
  • Such brainy ideas might hold lessons for the AI community, furthering the back-and-forth between the two fields.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017

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