adept

Example Sentences

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Initially, “Undertone” is adept in producing a simple, familiar atmosphere, where fear can be easily manifested come nightfall.

From Salon

It has also proven adept at using electronic warfare to jam or spoof drones’ communication signals on a large scale.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the hundreds of years the House of Lords has existed, its unelected hereditary members have become adept at surviving extinction-level events.

From BBC

Crucially for a trip to north London, the Toffees are adept at defending from set-plays.

From BBC

Downing was “adept at switching between the material and the spiritual,” a realist willing to wink at disagreements and who favored “subtlety, sophistication and restraint.”

From The Wall Street Journal