How to Use resourceful in a Sentence

resourceful

adjective
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  • Just a smart, resourceful person at the right place at the right time.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • And the Ukrainians resourceful and brave once again, but what about the Russians?
    — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • As Sox, the cutest and most devoted and resourceful robot cat in the galaxy, Sohn steals the show.
    — cleveland, 13 June 2022
  • The Leo moon asks you to dip into your resourceful pockets.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Only the lucky and resourceful will be able to recover at all.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Led by a resourceful staff sergeant, the group face the otherworldly challenge with grit and courage.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The addition of a resourceful neighbor, Yoo-bin (Park Shin-hye), takes the action to the streets, kicking up the excitement in the process.
    — EW.com, 2 June 2024
  • Be resourceful, find out what’s possible and create a plan that works for you.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Now, this could have been a nice cameo spot for just about any resourceful character that has been introduced in the MCU.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 19 July 2023
  • 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
  • The team pivoted to an approach that draws on the existing, resourceful workforce and the culture that’s been so much a part of the success over the years.
    — John Abusaid, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Lexi Vaziri – played by Sofia Pernas – is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her father.
    — al, 17 July 2022
  • Be on the lookout for resourceful doors opening under the Virgo moon.
    — USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Mollusks attached themselves to the boards and resourceful cooks buried the wood in dry pine needles, doused them with alcohol and lit it all on fire to roast the bivalves.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 7 July 2021
  • Like those characters, Kiri is more resourceful and capable than the adults in her life give her credit for.
    — Vulture, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Read on to learn what’s ahead for this resourceful Highland Heights musician.
    — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • That’s not the fault of the beamish, resourceful Ross, who, as a recent Evan Hansen, has experience portraying liars.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Colón had spent a lifetime being resourceful and making things work.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Of resourceful self-preservation for the sake of self-preservation alone.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The series follows 12-year-old Hank, a smart and resourceful boy with dyslexia who sees himself differently from the way the world sees him.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 11 May 2022
  • In the third act, the ship sinks and the social order is upended as Abigail proves quite resourceful on an island with the other survivors.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Traits of the tiger include being resourceful, versatile and kind, which also sums up the Stars goaltender.
    — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • But to these resourceful settlers, land ownership was only one aspect of the good life.
    — Regina Cole, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • If the warmer winters have too frequently cheated Friesland of its eleven city tour, the locals have no doubt been resourceful.
    — Raphael Kadushin, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2022
  • With no first-round pick until 2025, the Browns will have to be creative and resourceful in acquiring elite talent over the next several years.
    — cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Then the story jumps back in time to show Moo-sik as a resourceful child, the son of a poor illiterate mother and a petty gangster who is often in jail.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The takeaway from those two moments in particular is that Kate is just as smart and resourceful of a fighter as her mentor.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • My mum is very resourceful and excellent with money so things felt more stable during this time.
    — refinery29.com, 10 July 2024

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