light-fingered
Example Sentences
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And he has done so with a light-fingered insouciance that makes every scene incandescent with funny contemporary allusions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The owners erected it at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, but keeping out the light-fingered primates was also a prime concern.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
Mr. Washington’s guitar playing was lean, light-fingered and harmonically rich, conveying a relaxed authority as it teased and jabbed.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022
It moves, with light-fingered assurance, through sequences that transform from soulful arias into sustained duets, built around performances that are collaborative rather than imitative in nature.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2021
“Did the light-fingered gentleman ransack the cellars?” the other repeated.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
