dab hand

Example Sentences

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Mencken, who was a dab hand at writing with great verve about how much he hated just about everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Poland's Swiatek has proved herself a dab hand at dishing out bagels - when a set is won 6-0 - and breadsticks - a 6-1 scoreline - throughout her career to date.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

A French prime minister should be loyal, content at lingering in their boss’s shadow and a dab hand with the country’s mille-feuille bureaucracy.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022

“He’s definitely a dab hand at the barbecue … I can safely say there’s never been a case of food poisoning in the family that’s attributed to the Duke of Edinburgh.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2021

But Everett was well qualified: universally revered, and a dab hand at battlefields, he’d already played Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith