How To Use Deft In A Sentence

He also has a deft touch with desserts: The baklava and kadayif are subtle, less sweet and honey-drenched than most.
The Deftones were good but suffered a muddy sound mix.
Home is Burning is a deft piece of writing that captures the vicissitudes of family life whether in sickness or in health. Times, Sunday Times
Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb.
The night I visited, a barback deftly chipped away at an angular, Braque-style ice block with a large spoon, taking about 90 seconds to shape something roughly the size of a baseball. Cold Fusion

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But there is much satisfaction in seeing a modern classic performed with such deftness and humour, and recognising the universality of its underlying themes.
Basically, you'll be tugged along by a speedboat while standing atop a small surfboard-like platform, all the while performing aerial tricks and deft-defying maneuvers.
She's accompanied here by some cracking musicians, including Cunningham himself on piano, cittern and whistles, with Ed Boyd's deft guitar and the bodhrán of Mark Maguire.
She had crossed this road before, deftly robbing Peter to slip a rubber cheque into Paul's back pocket.
The beautiful, full voice of the "darkey" is so attractive -- so soothing, and they are so deft and gentle. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908
That's not "deftness," it's crude corruption of the kind that Reid and the Democrats ran against in 2006 and 2008. GayPatriot
She deftly defeats those who dare challenge her with a relentless intensity.
A kicking beat, guitars deftly playing off each other, and a bass line that was pure nous.
Smith introduces these more sombre notes with real assurance, deftly counterpoising the impending death with the day-to-day concerns and anxieties.
There could have been a big problem here but thanks to some deft footwork by the Panel, it is not. Times, Sunday Times
His deft movement to the right to push clear the fiercely driven shot was goal keeping of the highest standard.
It is also deftly poised on the border between belief and unbelief.
Greenford first, said Birdalone, and after whither the Good Lord shall lead me; and as for what I will do, I am now deft in two crafts, script and broidery to wit; and, wheresoever I be, folk shall pay me to work herein for them, whereby I shall earn my bread. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
Both artists are skilled storytellers, able to use a few deftly chosen images to render snapshots of their own autobiographies.
Hinc ab infantia inde ialinis adfuefcimus, unde infulia fere naufeam & faftidium creant, & ftomachus, condimenti hujus flimulo deftitutus, in fonftione fua penitus torpefcit. Caroli a Linné equit. aur. de stella polari archiatri regii med. et botan. profess. Upsal. Acad ...
He attempts a deft backhand drop shot that appears beyond his opponent's reach. Times, Sunday Times
Plotz deftly neuters Graham's ridiculous eugenics, putting his noxious opinions in their historical context of the KKK and the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930s.
As if historical fact weren't enough, Jones also shows a fondness for, and in fact a deft hand with, fanciful flights of whimsy.
Neely's cartooning is light and breezy one panel (deftly evoking a cartoon-strip nostalgic past) and utterly terrifying the next, as the Blot and the unnamed character come to terms with one another. What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
Indeed, Hem's songs - no matter how bleak - project a hope and buoyancy that would grate were it not for their deftness and skill.
Rankin, who can outwrite most anybody in the business, drops one clue too many early on, but he's so deft at maintaining a breakneck .... that readers will zip right along as he swings from whodunit to international conspiracy plot to war-story retribution. Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin: Book summary
Getting this right will require deft handling and we look forward to seeing the detail of the Government's approach. Times, Sunday Times
He releases it, slides it deftly back into the paper, examines it again by the loupe, now lets it squirm in his palm, light reflecting sharply.
The film is directed and photographed deftly, particularly insofar as it touches the sentimental without clutching the maudlin.
You could enjoy a crisp, deft cross-country blind, or pootle along behind a pair of sight-seeing pensioners, with equal content. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
A deft flick of the switch and my virtual French nurse vanishes into the ether. Times, Sunday Times
It was a wonderfully woozy night, and she DJed with a deft touch, moving in and out of the vinyl grooves, merging sundry vibes and keeping the headspace at a nice high.
With Federer blasting forehands, Nadal held his ground with his biting lefty forehands, deft touch around the net and bullet crosscourt backhands. Once in running for best ever, now Federer can't beat Nadal
Besides its spot-on timeliness, "Outsourced" is a delightful comedy for how it deftly harvests laughs from the inevitable culture clash, from Todd's overeagerness to bridge the gap, and from the innate silliness of the company's product line (whoopee cushions, foam fingers and the like). 2010 Fall TV Lineup: 10 New Shows Worth Checking Out
With one deft movement, he opened the book and flipped the pages until he found what he was looking for.
Though too often resembling a promo for the retail chain, the programme darts deftly between now and the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times
He played a deft hand. The Sun
He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope.
With one deft blow, William broke every bone in the man's body.
The director employs sensuous, atmospheric camerawork and deft dramatic touches.
It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of intellectual elites that Richard Hofstadter deftly teased out of the national DNA forty years ago. Encomiums, interviews, and phil
He really is a criminally under-appreciated author, with an amazingly deft command of English.
But he makes up for it by deft wordplay and a sharp wit.
Lois deftly removed her scarf
Although Caspary deftly shows that a sheitel is a wig, she does not explain its significance. Ideology as cultural marker
With the deftness of one who has studied more than a hundred different works of art, her hands moved to feel the corded muscles of the athlete's neck.
Hooper steers a deft course through the theories and arguments, covering difficult, controversial territory clearly and never losing the non-specialist reader.
Presently she began to chirrup to the bird: soon her chirrup grew clearer; erelong she was whistling; the whistle struck into a tune, and very sweetly and deftly it was executed. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
Her movements were deft and quick.
Among the hosannas that he and other fans have for the group: Tribe's deft use of jazz samples; an inclusive message about black culture; the sugar-and-salt vocal mix of rappers Q-Tip and Phife Dawg. Tribal Warfare
He prescribed me the usual sudorific, ordered a mustard-plaster to be put on, very deftly slid a five-rouble note up his sleeve, coughing drily and looking away as he did so, and then was getting up to go home, but somehow fell into talk and remained. A Sportsman's Sketches
Then he deftly smeared some salve on the wound and wrapped it with a new bandage, taping it in place.
Her ensuing characters are deftly created without props or costumes.
The official news dwelt upon the victory, and deftly ignored the cost. Times, Sunday Times
The candlestick is the dream _motif_, always a ticklish business to handle, and in this particular case -- well, no, I won't be such a spoil-sport as to go into that, for the chief pleasure of this kind of an entertainment is the succession of pleasant unexpected shocks which are deftly administered to the audience by the author. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916
He stepped swiftly across the floor of the study, unlatching the window and throwing it open in one deft movement.
He alone supplied the deft and necessary touch of self-conscious theatrical artifice.
A friend and I ordered one on a recent visit, then watched the bartender deftly hoist and upend four bottles at once — rum, gin, vodka, and blue Curaçao — letting loose long strands of colorful liquid, as if from the udder of a magical cow. Supersized Cocktails
The music is limpid and languid, dripping grace and deft touches.
Other than some occasional scatting, which is also appealingly deft, he doesn't sing again, nor do any of the accomplished sidepersons making small big-band sounds along with him venture any trilling. Undefined
And of course he deftly deflects the issue by segueing into an attack on the standards of the scientific community.
It was a triumph for de Gaulle's strong will and his deft political footwork.
His free arm moved to the pouches on her belt, his fingers deft and nimble as a squirrel as he purloined some component.
Ignoring him while he pouted and deftly avoiding his attempts to ambush her, Elizabeth finished packing things away.
The redemption of Judas, the challenges of pusillanimous leadership and the sin of overweening arrogance are handled deftly in this timeless tale.
Maidie stared up at him, lost in amazement, unable either to speak or move as she felt his fingers moving deftly in her hair, running through her curls, and prinking them. Gatlinburg
Though too often resembling a promo for the retail chain, the programme darts deftly between now and the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times
He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.
This is a darksome, deft and knowing account of how a fairy tale came true.
There could have been a big problem here but thanks to some deft footwork by the Panel, it is not. Times, Sunday Times
He is a truly superb sketch artist, deftly drawing faces for names in the minimum number of lines possible.
Our country has the pride of having master craftsmen who carve out exquisite products with their deft hands.
Every derangement of the page-space deftly mimes the current derangement of the house-space in the narrative.
A quick swerve of his hips, a deft little hand pass and then a darting run to collect the return.
His deft touch and ability to extract humour and absurdity from the ordinary extends beyond directing movies.
But this power is harnessed to their speed, handling skills and deft footwork. Times, Sunday Times
Associates describe him as a deft manipulator of the media and of the young women he turns into pop superstars.
So easily can the line between modish chic and outright pretension be crossed when the decor is not chosen with the deftest of touch in bars such as this.
All that was left then was a deft lob over the advancing goalkeeper and the City goal machine had struck yet again.
I told him about the cassowary, a flightless, man-size bird that lives in the rainforests and has a razor claw on each foot with which it can slice you open in a deft and appallingly expansive manner.
He had seen women of sixty, rouged, and jewelled, and furbelowed, foot it deftly in the halls of the Faubourg St. Germain in his earliest youth; and this cheery, healthy woman, with lingering blooms on either cheek, and uncapped head of curly black hair but slightly strewn with silver, seemed quite as fit a subject for the accomplishment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861
Also contributing to the album's strength as a complete piece is the deft sequencing.
‘This spinning wheel is a little darling,’ she added, deftly teasing out a skein of deep bluey green yarn - a luxury mixture of mohair, merino and silk.
For one middle-class gentlewoman who understands anything about cookery, or who really cares for it as a scientific art or domestic necessity, there are ten thousand who do not; yet our mothers and grandmothers were not ashamed to be known as deft professors, and homes were happier in proportion to the respect paid to the stewpan and the stockpot. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)
| Reply | Permalink not to get into a pissing match, but as a regular times reader, i would agree with the previous comments re: maureen dowd and bob herbert, but feel that paul krugman and frank rich should be mentioned as people who have deftly and clearly written about the issues of class, poverty, and race. New York Times' Leslie Wayne Continues Twisted Jihad Against Edwards
Maxwell deftly paints Phyllis as the rich, suburban housewife, but makes damn sure we can see the tigress that once ensnared Ben. Martin Maidenberg: So Much To Love, So Much To Regret
He played an early little sonata of Mozart's, which he magicked into a masterpiece with his deft touch.
She had crossed this road before, deftly robbing Peter to slip a rubber cheque into Paul's back pocket.
To Swan's credit, she deftly skirts sentimentality; there is plenty of sentiment, but no bathos.
I think maybe I wasn't sexy enough," the still sensuous Horne told Carson, with a sarcasm so deft, it could pass for airy banter.
In other words, we know nothing about our deft and masterful artist except for his name.
A deft flick of the switch and my virtual French nurse vanishes into the ether. Times, Sunday Times
And, depending, we could see this move termed as another "deft" move accompanied by dutiful rationalizations. Progressive Bloggers
Affairs of the heart are not encouraged, although sexual dalliances can be handled with deft precision by those intimately, although not actually, involved.
That man was Dick Fuld, who later achieved notoriety as the captain of the investment bank as it went down with all hands, but even in the mid 1980s he was demonstrating a deftness of touch. Big Bang's shockwaves left us with today's big bust
Forsooth ye wot that not unseldom do women use the custom of going arrayed like men, when they would journey with hidden head; and ye may happen upon such gear as hath been made for such a woman rather than any man; but thou shalt get me also a short bow and a quiver of arrows, for verily these be my proper weapons that I can deal with deftly. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
The vitreous armrest stair of concise vogue, from deft and clean in oozy and contemporary succinct.
We got our instructions from the hotel desk clerk, a blond beauty, whom we watched deftly handle business in Dutch, English, German and Spanish.
Even Jeremiah Wright, an embarrassing pastor who would probably have brought down a less-deft political prestidigitator, will not do in Barack Obama. Obama's Other Radical Friends
Then, there is the crucial administering of the medicine in the murrel that is deftly handled by the menfolk and the women in the family.
This was best demonstrated by Everything But the Girl's rendition of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado," which deftly blended light chattering drum and bass rhythms into the delicate ambiance of the song. At Long Last, a Red Hot Return to Rio
Certainly “bin Ladenism” seemed to share some commonalities with the Nazis and the Soviets: their anti-Semitism; their antiliberalism and general contempt for Enlightenment values; their cultlike embrace of charismatic leaders; their deft exploitation of modern propaganda methods; and their bogus promises of utopia here on Earth if their programs were implemented. The Longest War
A mournful adagio is sandwiched between the scherzo's reprise, deftly establishing contrast.
The Dutchman had his back to goal when he received a pass from Robert Pires but with a deft and exquisite touch of his left boot he flicked the ball around Nikos Dabizas, pirouetted and ran the other side, leaving the Newcastle defender completely disoriented before coolly beating Shay Given. Guardian writers choose their favourite Premier League goal
Vanessa deftly guided the performance of her music from behind a piano, demonstrating some superb musical director headbanging during upbeat moments.
Given the overall deftness of direction and performance, one expects Irma Vep to be a highlight of the season - good, unwholesome larky fun.
All of the time-consuming, head-cracking effort of an editor has relaxed and evened out, as though deftly pressed by some magic iron, and a benison has spread over the evening.
With deft fingers, she carefully sculpted the whitish-gray mass into a semblance of a man, a fat, chunky man with sagging limbs, but a man nonetheless.
He deftly shucks three oysters for his visitor.
Generally he found Winsome busy with her household affairs, sometimes with her sleeves buckled above her elbows, rolling the tough dough for the crumpy farles of the oat-cake, and scattering handfuls of dry meal over it with deft fingers to bring the mass to its proper consistency for rolling out upon the bake-board. The Lilac Sunbonnet
Moreover, Ms Merkel showed during her own EU presidency last year a deftness for compromise that is lacking in either Mr Sarkozy or Mr Brown.
Imagine the speed and accuracy of volleyball, cut with the deftness and touch of football combined with the acrobatics of a gymnastics floor routine and you'll come close to understanding the visual appeal of sepak takraw. Paul Dodson: Football Mutations
Who else could so deftly turn from sadist pornography to prayer?
He caught it with a deft flick of the hand and then examined the ring.
With a deft flick of the reins, the policeman wheeled his mount and together they stood their ground, motionless, man and horse looking down at that ill mannered citified pup.
Kwasniewski, a deft politician, insists his policy is still to seek entry into the alliance.
On the roof of the cave deft hands had painted bison, elk, horses and wild boars.
Virtuoso percussionist and soloist David Cossin displays remarkable genius as he deftly creates unique, sensuous, organic and sometimes celestial sounds using a range of water-based instruments.
He possesses that deft and delicate touch that can transform interesting prose into mesmerising poetry.
Her deft handling of the crisis prompted Fortune magazine this month to name her the most powerful woman in business. Times, Sunday Times
The score deftly combines Thai folk music and French impressionism in a rhapsodic manner.
He played a deft hand. The Sun
Our history, as he deftly shows, does not reflect a tendency toward isolationism but an avoidance of entanglements - those complications that partners can bring to a mix.
‘Five Card Draw, deuces wild,’ David announced, deftly dealing out the cards.
With a parry and a sidestep, he deftly avoided the deadly club.
With each cup of tea, deftly prepared, there comes a moment of pause, of stillness, that is otherwise absent from the day. Gemma de Choisy: Confessions of a Dual Citizen
One was whipped deftly on to his plate, and as he took up his knife and fork to carve it, a great scuffling sounded without, angry voices being raised in expostulation, and, above all, a breathless, insistent appeal for Mr. Carr or Sir Miles. The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century
President Bush is being widely praised for his deft handling of the hostage crisis.
If you can sit back, enjoy the scenery, the touching humour, the deft performances and the clever send-ups of American monoculture, this is one brilliant, meandering ride.
The actual chrestomathy of each life castaway, so deft that can pull pull, thin resemble a book thinly, let you place in a certain position arbitrarily in the aperture in a certain space.
At the next stop light he deftly popped open the housing of the radio and switched something inside.
And the director, Shawn Levy (of the "Night at the Museum" franchise), complements their antics with deft work by a supporting cast that includes Mark Wahlberg as a superstud security expert, and James Franco and Mila Kunis as a low-life duo named Taste and Whippit. 'Night' Makes Carell and Fey's Day
For all his good running and putting of runners into space with deft passes, one of his primary jobs is to kick points.
Finally, he employs his deft touch with light, sweet pop to capture the essence of this album.
The Syrians haggled deftly over the terms of the mission but accepted it, then proceeded to manipulate it while using it as cover to continue fighting what they have always insisted is not a peaceful opposition but "armed terrorist gangs. Syria: UN to hear Arab League proposals - live updates
That did not sit well with Jackson, who has had to use the patience and deft touch of a bomb squadder to get his gifted stars to coexist so handsomely. USATODAY.com - Shaq, Kobe on the same page and unstoppable
The author deftly portrays Mitchell's cavalier attitude toward the proceedings and his consequent massacre at the hands of an able prosecutor.
These were posed on the air last week in a deft piece of cross-promotion.
He made deft contributions with hand and foot and was instrumental in five of the tries. Times, Sunday Times
Pianist Eddie Heywood deftly fingers the bridge on the last chorus.
His deft critique of the British media scene is supplemented by useful points of comparison with the situation in America, France, Italy and Sweden.
As a one more deft stroke of his phraseological felicity, Vajpayee has pulled off a statement that hones itself to everybody's satisfaction.
On the roof of the cave deft hands had painted bison, elk, horses and wild boars.
Biscuit dough should not be pressed down with a rolling motion, but should be deftly and gently "patted" out with several successive "touches" with the rolling pin. School and Home Cooking
The works are known and celebrated for their witty banter and deft socio-political critiques.
Overall, the ballet offered a deft balance of theatricality and virtuosity, resulting in two very accessible productions that had the audience on their feet yelling bravos by night's end.
The 32-year-old proves just as deft in his handling of contemporary concerns. Times, Sunday Times
Hell, some nights the sky held only bells, the dells welled with light, my head bent to the fire where you knelt, deftly dealt the deck, fortune-telling, sending velvet spells. The Best American Poetry 2010
Despite his "sound of Blackness" Cain had been successful reaching a broader audience than expected, in large part of his deft negotiation of racial nostalgia and racial accommodation -- none which makes him any less Black or so-called self-hating, but simply more willing to work within the constraints of a highly racialized society, on that society's terms. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
It's a delightful book, filled with colorful characters quickly but deftly limned.
I got extremely paranoid that some deft pickpocket had my number and it was only a matter of time before my wallet was boosted.
I thinks perhaps yoo do not noes teh defti….deef….denfi….meenin uv “nootrishuz.” Jus’ chillin’ wif - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Much of the fascination that the book continues to exert is owing to its context, and none of the editions I possess, including Paul Foote's 1966 translation and now this very deft version by Hugh Aplin, has failed to include quite a deal of background material without which Mikhail Lermontov's brief, intricate masterpiece is difficult to appreciate. A Doomed Young Man
Both sexes are plastered with band logos on bags, T-shirts, patches - Slipknot, Korn, The Deftones.
The spin and "whizz" of his reel, the rush of a brown mountain stream with its fringe of silver birch and stunted alder, the white side of a leaping salmon, and the gasp of that noble fish towed deftly into the shallows at last, afforded him a natural and unmixed pleasure. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
The rest includes a number of brief curiosities he claims to have written in his sleep, an sfnal abecedary, amusements at the expense of Picasso and one of the field's prominent editors, and more (over seventy items in all), all deft and witty and many of them blessed with an acerbic bite. Analog Science Fiction and Fact
The castanets of Spain have clicked seductively through many a French score, and Debussy can manage them as deftly as anyone.
But actually winning the war – as opposed to taking deft stances toward it – will require the same level of stick-to-itiveness and willingness to sustain high degrees of unpopularity that Bush displayed when he doubled-down on his bets in Iraq, and that President Abraham Lincoln displayed during the Civil War. Be Like Bush
Was this not deft proof of how the human gene-pool was constantly deteriorating, how bad blood drove out good?
Right!" replied Dale; and a minute later he caught the rings of hemp thrown to him, and rapidly knotted the middle round Saxe, the end to his own waist; and as he knotted, _click, click! chip, chip_! went the ice-axe, deftly wielded by the guide, who with two or three blows broke through enough of the crust to make a secure footing while the ice flew splintering down the slope in miniature avalanches, with a peculiar metallic tinkling sound. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps
What further amazes Verner, a macro-economist, is the deftness with which the indigenous people navigate the modern world while retaining fidelity to their traditions and customs.
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It is also deftly staged using an impressive sleight of hand and sleight of eye.
Over-cheesiness is avoided through a deft handling of plot and characterisation, which keeps everything moving and alive.
Its curved bill bits perfectly into a snail shell, allowing the limpkin to deftly extract the mollusk.
And it really has been, I think, an extraordinarily kind of deft management, not only of the operation of the war, but the politics of it back home. CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2001
Deftly sewn as the best menswear bespoke attire, a chalk stripe leads in this soft deep chocolate herringbone percale.
Employing a method he dubs ‘outrageously unacademic,’ he deftly links the biblical text to contemporary situations that cry for justice.
The deft fiddling of a bright new member, Eleanor Bartsch, partnered the fruity bassooning of Cynthia Cameron Fix, with gambist Duncan Pledger and Yount in the continuo roles for two contrapuntal ensemble showpieces by Tarquinio Marula. Undefined
And she had an extraordinary deftness and lightness of touch, plus a great facility with language.
Then (in Roger's vision) he could see the garlanded bibliopole turning to the expectant audience, giving his trailing gown a deft rearward kick as the ladies do on the stage, and uttering, without hesitation or embarrassment, with due interpolation of graceful pleasantry, that learned and unlaboured discourse on the delights of bookishness that he had often dreamed of. The Haunted Bookshop
Deftly weaving original research, trenchant analysis, and an engaging prose style, Dillon recaptures the Spirit of an age that in many ways bears a strong resemblance to our own.
Family lore records her youthful grace and worldly distinction, her deft conversation, and her vivacious letters. Berthe Morisot
The title is unwieldy, but the book—set in present-day Guyana—is a deft synthesis of travelogue and Bildungsroman, by turns antic and introspective. Cheeshahteaumauk, Class of '65 (1665)
Alex carefully took a bolt out of her crossbow and held it deftly into her mouth.
‘Then I'll sweep the back hallway,’ Alexia promised, deftly sliding the loaves into the waiting beehive oven.
Otherwise, the dying hot air balloon and giant bird sequences benefit most from Herrmann's deft musical touch.
At the same time, she deftly sidesteps the temptation of the Oriental picturesque, to which numerous other authors on this subject have succumbed.
But this power is harnessed to their speed, handling skills and deft footwork. Times, Sunday Times
He stood and the blonde head moved down his body, the scarlet nails deftly worked his trousers loose.
But this power is harnessed to their speed, handling skills and deft footwork. Times, Sunday Times
Getting out the medicine droppers, she began deftly dripping naphthyl acid phosphate over the filter paper. POSTMORTEM
This conflation of past and present, poetry and place, is deftly and delicately managed. The Times Literary Supplement
Competes immediately stops, Sweden coach helped him to trade a spare tire deftly.
So, too, do the sanitary pioneers she tracks down and whose characters she wryly sketches with a few deft flicks of the pen. Times, Sunday Times
Thefe fingle canoes have all out-riggers, and are fometimes navigated with fails, but more generally with paddles, the blades of which are fhort, and broadeft in the middle. Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World
Flexible spaces for work, rest, and play are illuminated by skylights and deftly placed windows.
Then (in Roger's vision) he could see the garlanded bibliopole turning to the expectant audience, giving his trailing gown a deft rearward kick as the ladies do on the stage, and uttering, without hesitation or embarrassment, with due interpolation of graceful pleasantry, that learned and unlaboured discourse on the delights of bookishness that he had often dreamed of. The Haunted Bookshop
His deft, side-splitting recollections of mundane British life leave you with the unnerving feeling that this cherubic 28-year-old from Bolton actually grew up in your home as a part of your family.
His graceful hands deftly plucked at various cables and wires, reconnecting, splicing.
With such deft touches, he simultaneously invokes Australian ideas of mateship, individuality, colonial innocence and a mood of melancholy sacrifice.
I bent deftly and pilfered a little cockled cherry from between the very fingertips of her whose heart was doubtless like its -- quite hard. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance
Finally, the tiny details were added by the deft pencil, filling in the gaps with intricate strokes in the very lightest of touches…
If you want a memoir where you're swept along by verbal deftness and narrative skill, look elsewhere.
Associations aside, the works are deftly executed, marvelously obsessive gems.
And maybe with a wry, intelligent eye and deft hand, it might have been. Times, Sunday Times
The Briton takes the second with a deft drop shot to nose ahead again.
Certainly “bin Ladenism” seemed to share some commonalities with the Nazis and the Soviets: their anti-Semitism; their antiliberalism and general contempt for Enlightenment values; their cultlike embrace of charismatic leaders; their deft exploitation of modern propaganda methods; and their bogus promises of utopia here on Earth if their programs were implemented. The Longest War
deft fingers massaged her face
He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.

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