adroit

Example Sentences

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Listeners looking to go farther afield in their gardening journey can enjoy the English gardens, and English accent, of Penelope Lively’s wide-ranging “Life in the Garden,” especially through Helen Lloyd’s supremely adroit and erudite narration.

From Seattle Times

Zambello’s adroit deployment of the chorus and the principals here is both imaginative and effective.

From Seattle Times

Six months ago, his historic landslide victory was widely lauded, viewed as the triumph of a politically adroit change-maker whose centrist policies had swept him to power.

From New York Times

The chorus, like the orchestra, was adroit, even in the Latin Quarter chaos of Act II. Best in the cast was the bass-baritone Christian Van Horn, his Colline solidly, capaciously and wittily sung.

From New York Times

Washington is the last remaining Pac-12 men’s or women’s basketball team in the postseason in part because of Langley’s adroit abilities to make halftime adjustments and the Huskies’ exquisite second-half execution.

From Seattle Times