be skillful
Example Sentences
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The survivor told police that he "believed the suspect to be skillful in drawing."
From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2022
These accounts illuminate how lawyers, as well as authors, must be skillful narrative crafters, pruning and stretching the unruly features of real life to fit the law’s Procrustean parameters.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2020
Reeves’ trilogy-capping prison epic is classicism at its most cutting-edge, built on motion-capture simian performances that, though we know them to be skillful digital illusions, nonetheless compel our awestruck belief.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2017
But while most fan website creators are too myopic to be skillful biographers, Slawenski's subdued storytelling and concise literary analysis make this not just a trivia-filled tome, but also a delightful read.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2011
Although too badly injured ever to be skillful again, it was no longer in danger of atrophying—as it had been in Johnny’s pocket.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
