alert
adjective
fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen.
alertly
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a word derived from
alert.
Example Sentences
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Heyward and Barnes alertly tagged up and advanced on the play, allowing Heyward to score on Freeman’s sacrifice fly to center for a 4-0 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Arsenal recovered and went close when Frida Maanum's powerful strike was beaten over the crossbar by Laws, and substitute Victoria Pelova's close-range strike was alertly blocked by Gemma Bonner.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2023
Peguero doubled home Nick Gonzales in the seventh and then alertly scored from third when reliever Jacob Webb dropped catcher Matt Thaiss’ throw back to the mound and was slow to retrieve the ball.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Jason Heyward lofted a sacrifice fly to right that Kyle Tucker made a sliding catch of in the gap, Freeman scoring to trim the deficit to 7-6 and Smith alertly tagging and taking third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Angela began to feel foolish, standing so alertly by an open door that no one was using.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
