adroit

Example Sentences

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Kovrig described Chinese negotiators as "extremely adroit, calculating, and always looking for leverage".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

The former midfield maestro was expected to overhaul Madrid's game with a cerebral and tactically adroit approach, but his team flattered to deceive.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

His focus on affordability and adroit use of social media in his campaign attracted young voters and members of immigrant communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

But adroit as ever, Kirk had a way of tilting the odds of those engagements in his ideological favor.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

But thanks to her adroit inventing skills—the word “adroit” here means “skillful”—everything worked the way it was supposed to work, and suddenly Violet found herself feeling a piece of metal instead of a cloth rope.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket