| At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh. |
| If the original stone is skillfully cut, it glows beautifully, but if it is polished unskillfully, it will be useless. |
| Deftly, his fingers began to thread the tie around his neck, unskillfully. |
| My grandmother lived in Florida, and when I visited her I fished dreamily, and unskillfully, and, among the many kinds of fish I never caught but wanted to, number one was the snook. |
| The congregation, who had been expecting an unskillfully played favorite hymn of Ruth's, was in hushed amazement, for it was a technically demanding piece. |
| At one point the nurse left the room, leaving the dentist to rather unskillfully wield both drill and suction device. |
