skillful
Example Sentences
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In this roiling atmosphere, skillful politicians such as Lincoln churned turnout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
A priest, noticing Pratt’s skillful doodling, bought him art supplies and showed him a collection of work by the Kiowa Five, a renowned group of early 20th-century painters who’d attended the school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Martin cites Timothée Chalamet’s orange-hued campaign for “Marty Supreme” as a particularly skillful deployment of the trend.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
But McKenzie, the son of Southland dairy farmers, has been resilient, selfless and, as ever, highly skillful.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
You can always tell skillful spellers by the way they handle full-bodied words—the kind that contain ful or full.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.