having a knack
Example Sentences
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But despite having a knack for writing cosy crime, he admits to the BBC he is "terrible at playing detective".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
He scores all types of goals and works right across the forward line, having a knack for eluding markers while also creating space for team-mates such as Dele Alli and Heung-min Son.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2017
All of which makes this a marvelous opportunity to stop crediting such shows with having a knack for real-world prescience or a special ability to reflect America’s most pressing anxieties back at the viewer.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2017
He’s a behind-the-scenes operator, who gets credited time and again with having a knack for assembling teams and making sure they follow through on their goals.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 19, 2012
We take great interest in hackney-coaches, but we seldom drive, having a knack of turning ourselves over when we attempt to do so.
From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Charles Dickens
