strong suit

Example Sentences

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The story isn’t the strong suit of “Hell’s Kitchen,” which is powered by Alicia Keys’ versatile catalog, which has been supplemented with original material.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Academics are not your strong suit - your strengths lie elsewhere.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Yet works of high seriousness were never his strong suit, as his rambling and distressingly unfocused Eisenhower Memorial in Washington showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Still, based solely on the error-prone heist — it’s been ages since pantyhose masks seemed so ridiculous — thievery isn’t this spoiled man’s strong suit either.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Henry Dobbins was a good man, and a superb soldier, but sophistication was not his strong suit.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien