Intelligent has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | An intelligent man uses his mind, but the more intelligent man also uses the minds of others. | |
| 2. | Yesterday, my boyfriend told me he'd heard that beautiful women love to be called intelligent, and intelligent women love to be called beautiful. Then he added, "So you must love it that people call you both." In your opinion, how am I supposed to feel about that? | |
| 3. | Right; he is intelligent, he is an intelligent little asshole. | |
| 4. | "Do you consider yourself intelligent?" "Intelligent? No. I'm a dumb!" | |
| 5. | I'm intelligent. Some people would say I'm very, very, very intelligent. | |
| 6. | "Arnie, I read Lobsang Rampa's books that said that different intelligent species were planted and weeded out on our Earth by so-called Gardeners and that on other planets, there are intelligent beings with different skin colours like green and purple, and some have more than two arms." "Do you believe that stuff, Matt?" "I'm not sure..." | |
| 7. | It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. | |
| 8. | The habits of highly intelligent people offer a clue as to how to do that. | |
| 9. | Mary is both intelligent and kind. | |
| 10. | Dr. Patterson: Not at all! Koko has taught us that gorillas are intelligent enough to learn sign language. |