Example sentences for: streetwise

How can you use “streetwise” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And the old query What's up? has a streetwise counterpart, What's going down?

  • Source 2: "Take this any way it sounds, but do you think George would take time out from speeding around town in his TR-6 convertible sports car, bedding down just about every single woman--and few married ones--and partying like there's no tomorrow to go work full-time as a mentor to a bunch of streetwise black kids?

  • A streetwise realism prevails, if not downright subversion: One lie in the Sultan's head impedes a dozen truths; There's no security in three things: the sea, the Sultan, and time.

  • In the novel The Road to Tamazunchale, Ron Arias creates a streetwise character, a bato named Mario, who acts as a sidekick to the main character, Fausto.

  • Supposedly they were very streetwise and liked to hang out with their pachuco boyfriends.


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