metier

Example Sentences

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Huneven’s mother was a fierce critic whose métier was the unprovoked insult.

From Los Angeles Times

But kiss-and-tell gossip isn’t really Pacino’s métier.

From Los Angeles Times

Weber’s métier is working in industrial corridors in redlined neighborhoods helping communities of color heal from the effects of environmental and social ills, often a lengthy and collaborative process.

From New York Times

Already you anticipate that some of these interviews aren’t going to go Leonard’s way as Schrader’s métier, the language of self-excoriating doubt, finds voice.

From Los Angeles Times

“Steve Albini wasn’t interested in ‘perfecting’ a song or a performance: His métier was getting the best sound from the equipment and pressing ‘record,’” the Breeders bassist Josephine Wiggs said in a 2008 news release.

From New York Times