well-cultivated

adjective

1. (of land, plants, etc) tilled, planted, or maintained in a satisfactory manner

2. (of a trait, talent, etc) fostered or improved by study or practice

   his well-cultivated sarcasm

Example Sentences

Now Yoo is back in the good graces of powerful people, trying again to use his well-cultivated skill in manipulating the law in service of what he takes to be Trump’s political agenda.

From Salon

There is a well-cultivated aura around the Boks and their capacity for physical cruelty.

From BBC

While 1989’s “Mothers Milk” had been a modest success, the band’s music — punk-indebted Muscle Beach funk-rock — lagged behind their well-cultivated image.

From Los Angeles Times

“This dog-whistle is basically a signal to his faithful to view the ongoing protests in Delhi through the lens of a well-cultivated prejudice against Muslims,” said Shuddhabrata Sengupta, an artist and curator and longtime Modi critic.

From Seattle Times

To many Canadians, it seemed as if Mr. Trudeau and his mostly male aides had ganged up to bully her, shattering the prime minister’s previously well-cultivated image as a feminist who took a collaborative and open approach to politics.

From New York Times