finessing
Example Sentences
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They spend their summers on this 140m stretch, finessing their starts and building their bodies in the gym for the winters ahead.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
With enough time and imagination, kickers and equipment managers are capable of finessing footballs in ways that make them soar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
The outreach requires finessing complex legal and diplomatic disputes that have long poisoned ties, but, as the court cases demonstrated, history hangs heavy over the relationship.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
There is no leveraging, cajoling, or finessing the calculations of thrust, the pressure inside the cryogenic tanks, or the behavior of a 165-foot-long spaceship attempting a rocket-powered landing.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 18, 2023
Tresler, watching him, could not quite make up his mind whether he was playing the winning hand, or whether his opponent was finessing for the odd trick.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum
