dexterous
Example Sentences
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Nuts require dexterous hands to handle and access.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
“It’s an incredibly difficult thing, especially to create a hand that is as dexterous and capable as the human hand,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk during an October earnings call.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 27, 2025
Someday they could, in theory, pick up a welder or a grinding tool, but making them dexterous enough is a huge challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
It’s just to reassure your guy, or your person, that they’ve done all the work, they have the skills, they’re being presented with someone who’s as fast as them or as dexterous as them.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
He could hardly imagine her being more dexterous if she’d had two hands instead of just the one.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing dexterous
Twelfth Night
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