dexterous
Example Sentences
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While historians often portray Cromwell as “a hypocrite or a double-dealer,” here he’s a dexterous politician, a pragmatic and adaptable leader who “could ride two horses at once, while advancing three agendas.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
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
His instrumental single “Lover” became the first commercial pop record to incorporate multiple layers of music, all of which were performed by Paul’s dexterous fingers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
I lifted my foot and opened the book with it, using my dexterous toes to turn the pages until I got to page twenty-three.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
Vocabulary lists containing dexterous
Twelfth Night
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