deftness

Example Sentences

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Lowry’s juggling of staff loyalty, curatorial independence and board direction required a deftness of touch and grace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Emecheta, with immense deftness and subtlety, provides a haunting and forceful attack on patriarchy, sexism and misogyny in Nigeria, and indicates how they taint and limit a nation.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

And Borgli, who serves as his own editor, weaves them into the narrative with a deftness that confounds our sense of what is and isn’t really happening.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Mr Scalise will have to demonstrate a political deftness if he wants to avoid a similar fate.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

A “smooth” strain possessed a slippery, sugary coat on the cell surface and could escape the immune system with newtlike deftness.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee