skillful

Example Sentences

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“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

But McKenzie, the son of Southland dairy farmers, has been resilient, selfless and, as ever, highly skillful.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

“Literature nowadays is a trade,” Milvain insists: Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmic force, your successful man of letters is your skillful tradesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

They had found their sweet spot: spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen by Roy Thomas Baker, the producer famous for his skillful work on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Hamsters are skillful “escape artists” and once out of their cages they are very difficult to find.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney