finesse
noun
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
was finessing
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past progressiveof finesse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In May, Nicks flew to Chicago, where Joe Thomas, the film’s director, was finessing a cut of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
Tresler, watching him, could not quite make up his mind whether he was playing the winning hand, or whether his opponent was finessing for the odd trick.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum
