How to Use inventive in a Sentence

inventive

adjective
  • They have given their new company an inventive name.
  • The show is safer and less inventive than his best work.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 24 June 2026
  • That’s not to say this inventive dessert doesn’t have a place in the world.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
  • Swift is not the first star to don a timepiece in an inventive way.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Let the kids loose in one of the city's inventive playgrounds.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
  • This look first hit the scene last year, as a fresh inventive spin on the classic bob.
    — Donnetta Monk, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There’s less gore than usual, and the deaths aren’t even the most inventive.
    — Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But back then, there were just no guardrails, so these guys could be wildly inventive.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2026
  • Just for being so crooked and inventive.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Just for being so crooked and inventive.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • One of the few blockbusters of the year is also one of the most inventive of the decade.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Date nights now consist of finding new and inventive recipes to cook.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2021
  • Again, that smacks of having to be inventive and making do.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This inventive craft idea for old calendars takes those pages from the wall to around your neck.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
  • This one is arguably the worst and doesn’t feel inventive anymore.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Perkin described his wife as inventive and courageous in her art.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • Irving was an inventive stylist, with tricks up his ruffled sleeve.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This pizza spot has thin-crust pies with inventive toppings.
    — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Stylists are nothing if not inventive.
    — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Dinner options now range from old-school to inventive.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the replies, for the most part, were full of praise for his inventive, if a little scary, efforts.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This time the killer wears a pig mask which is neither inventive nor terribly scary.
    — Dan Lybarger, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2021
  • Every year, the food seems to be more inventive and as diverse as the chef teams serving it up.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • What makes the show so inventive is how the tragedy plays against what should be a joyous occasion.
    — Town & Country, 12 July 2023
  • And where did the inventive farmer find the right spring for the innovation?
    — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • These inventive headbands take some of the strain off her ears and can make things more comfortable.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Some have been pushed to take more inventive approaches to solve the staffing shortages.
    — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Point-blank, Severance was the most inventive show to come out this year.
    — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Here, the arc is more explicit, less inventive.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Each kill is more inventive and delicious (sorry, but true), than the last.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 17 Dec. 2020

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