How to Use resourceful in a Sentence

resourceful

adjective
  • Kristi is one of those people who knows how to be resourceful.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Just a smart, resourceful person at the right place at the right time.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Rey wears the cheap, desert-ready clothes of a resourceful orphan.
    — Wired, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Gort’s resourceful, like the Earth sign.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • People are very resourceful, and the kitchen is one of the places where the most clever among us can shine.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Yet the dances makes spines and legs look just as lavishly resourceful.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • The resourceful men threw their own shawls onto her for kindling.
    — Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • But peas were a food staple, so the resourceful man found a way to make vodka from it.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Levy will play Faye, who is smart, resourceful, and a force of nature.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
  • For the resourceful, the gallery wall trend can present a fun design challenge.
    — Jenny Xie, Curbed, 26 Mar. 2018
  • But hackers are a resourceful group.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Brown has already been resourceful in his escape.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Be resourceful, find out what’s possible and create a plan that works for you.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Cook proves to be a resourceful and tough cop who can keep up with the enraged Ruzek, who is still in shock.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Birch is not as digestible as the preferred lichen, but will work in a pinch for the resourceful caribou.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018
  • With at-home fitness booming, resourceful folks have turned to wine bottles and rocks as makeshift weights.
    — Freya Drohan, CNN Underscored, 8 July 2020
  • This is a good time to earn more money by being resourceful and working arm in arm with others.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 July 2021
  • Our resourceful hero catches fish and mollusks for food and dries seaweed to make fires for cooking.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Fish Butchery showed me how to be more resourceful in the kitchen, and that there’s more to good seafood than fillets.
    — Genevieve Yam, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Led by a resourceful staff sergeant, the group face the otherworldly challenge with grit and courage.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • And the Ukrainians resourceful and brave once again, but what about the Russians?
    — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • With no fans to make noise, the Indians are being resourceful.
    — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • That’s when the ever-resourceful Ben (Duane Jones) shows up to help.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
  • This is far from the first time that Sotomayor has put a resourceful advocate in a very tight spot.
    — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Klein and Fulnecky are extremely resourceful and have the time and space to store bits and bobs for future projects.
    — Amy Pennington, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019
  • Watch the video to see how a resourceful raccoon made a dramatic escape with a little help from a human.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In this grueling war of attrition, both sides have had to become resourceful.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Be on the lookout for resourceful doors opening under the Virgo moon.
    — USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With the meal in hand, the resourceful bear vaulted itself onto the top of the freezer and escaped through an open window.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Builders have gotten smarter and more resourceful about making do with fewer materials and less space to work.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 June 2026

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