skillful
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The emphasis on skillful play and Bloodborne's gothic, Victorian setting made it an instant favourite with critics, and it's widely regarded as one of the best video games of all time.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
How did a recherché, quasi-French dish leave the skillful hands of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved cooks and wind up being popular grub for millions of today’s cooks and consumers, white and—emphatically—black?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Drew Sensue-Weinstein’s sound design, which included adroit use of reverb on voices and instruments, dovetailed with Gabriel Crouch’s skillful conducting, which brought out the score’s transparent, early music-style radiance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
“He emphasized materials in a very skillful way. His lighting creates spatial depth. You get a different idea of what the architecture consists of.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
I’m not a skillful enough liar to hide my feelings from her.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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