sleight

Example Sentences

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The most recent sleight of hand is circular financing.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

The dialogue is naturally digressive, sliding in just as much exposition as needed with a magician’s sleight of hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

He took two touches in a packed penalty area - his sleight of foot evading Everton's defence - before he wrong-footed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a right-foot finish in front of The Kop.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

But, as Kagan exposed, this was a rhetorical sleight of hand.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

He’d learned sleight of hand from the cardsharps and monte runners on East Stave, and spent hours practicing it in front of a muddy mirror he’d bought with his first week’s pay.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo