Example Sentences

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Could he be proud of the reach, proud of the skillfulness, even while distancing himself from the content?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2021

The album has a relaxed, lived-in skillfulness that shows the handiwork of a veteran player.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2019

If the United States had more global influence in past decades, was this because of the skillfulness of its diplomatic corps or the strength of its military and economy?

From Washington Post • May 18, 2018

The Nobel Web site notes that “since the Swedish language can not be read by more than about one thousandth of the world’s population, the skillfulness of his translators has been especially vital.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2015

As though seeing a challenge to her embarrassment in these words, and anxious at the same time to show her skillfulness, she bent over the bed to continue her work.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente