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How to use deftness in a sentence

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And she had an extraordinary deftness and lightness of touch, plus a great facility with language.
If you want a memoir where you're swept along by verbal deftness and narrative skill, look elsewhere.
They require tact and a deftness that neither government has shown much aptitude for or inclination toward.
With a deftness of touch reminiscent of Chaucer, Map achieves a high degree of realism through the pretense of reporting direct speech.
A post-graduate in music and law, he handled the only percussion instrument to be featured with deftness of a master.
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.
Military strength is part of that power, but so is diplomatic deftness.
But there is much satisfaction in seeing a modern classic performed with such deftness and humour, and recognising the universality of its underlying themes.
Donnelly was about fifty years old, had lost his deftness with the balehook and revolver, and ruled by headwork.
For another, he has taken Norwegians aback with the deftness by which he has pulled his trio of disparate parties together.
That has seen off the risk of a general strike. For all their tactical political deftness, these agreements carry an economic cost for Spain.
This deftness increases its efficiency in avoiding many useless loops between its burrow and the fishing place.
Although simple in appearance, in all its dimensions the dish demonstrated deftness of touch.
The real achievement of Le Amiche might be the deftness with which Antonioni handles the stories of eight different characters.
Her writing on books and the arts has been impressive in its breadth, depth, and deftness.
The show gave the excavator loaders a chance to display their deftness as these dream machines went through their routine drills to the sound of music.
Supporters and foes commend Pearson's deftness at getting things done, her ability to buttress her passions with an armload of facts.
In a magnificent tribute to the equestrian tradition and their roots, these two institutions mounted an impressive display of precision harmonising with deftness involving 150 horses.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister who took the IMF's helm in November 2007, has shown a boldness and political deftness his predecessors lacked.
He could play rapid wit and foolish garrulity with an equal deftness.
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With deftness she whisked the triangle of flaky pastry onto the plate and extended it toward her guest.
On the deftness with which this function is discharged depends almost entirely the typographic excellence of the printed page.
They knew she played with them, but they did not know the wisdom of her play, its deepness and its deftness.
The deftness with which he completed the task of laying bare the wound was notable.
To-night Jim went into his kitchen and cooked his supper with all a woman's deftness.
And Tamada at his work had all the deftness and some of the dignity of a surgeon.
It would have just about as much delicacy and deftness and discriminations.
Gavan could but admire his own deftness in tossing a newspaper over the pistol.
Their deftness of hand, as I have many a time experienced to my cost, is remarkable.
Linda slid down the side of the canyon with the deftness of the expert.
Although not a prolific goalscorer, he possessed deftness in either foot and had a tremendous turn of pace that would leave defenders bemused.
He struck me as stupid, and yet the deftness with which he worked with his one hand seemed to belie his stupidity.
Such an affair as the present, staged with a deftness that was almost beautiful, lay beyond her powers and those of her friends.
Here, however, that deftness is only intermittently present, his focus so heavily on the what, that he neglects the how.
With deftness, Smith moves from chapter to chapter, carefully uncovering this complex yet common emotion using every means imaginable at his disposal.
Tartar, with a wave of his hand and the deftness of a cat, had already dipped through his scuttle of scarlet runners without breaking a leaf, and 'gone below.
Aiden McGeady tormented them with his wing play while they could not handle the deftness and work rate of Romelu Lukaku, nor the pentrating runs of Leighton Baines.
West, the well-known Brooklyn educator, was then in charge of the school, and remembers the lad's deftness in English composition, and his struggles with mathematics.
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