gifted

Example Sentences

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Aiken rose to fame as the earnest, vocally gifted runner-up on “American Idol” circa 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

With time on his hands, and having already heard murmurs about a gifted boy from Bihar, Naidu headed to another match being played simultaneously.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

As a gifted student, he won a full scholarship to Duke University and looked toward a dazzling future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The 50-year-old left Day in a snooker at the start of the frame and the Welshman's failure to escape gifted O'Sullivan a free ball.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“Bobby really didn’t need Lombardy since their styles were so dissimilar. Lombardy was an enormously gifted, intuitive positional player but not a well-prepared player like Bobby. Bobby’s strength was the inexorability of his tactics.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady