Sentence examples for a deft finger from inspiring English sources

With a deft finger on today's conservative pulse, Shlaes portrays Calvin Coolidge as a paragon of a president by virtue of his small-government policies.

­Shlaes, whose new biography is blurbed by Representative Paul Ryan as a "must-read," has always had a deft finger on the conservative pulse.

Chris Young's 108th and final pitch on an overcast Sunday afternoon was a deft split-finger fastball that dipped past Washington Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa for a called third strike.

Découpage demanded a faultless eye and deft fingers; the smallest point or curve in a letter had to be rendered with precision.

To pay the rent, he found work for a high-end cabinetmaker, at first sweeping floors until it became clear that Mr. Miyakawa, whose father had taught him to make tiny toy airplanes with bamboo strips molded by a candle flame when he was 5, had deft fingers and a keen eye.

Reviewing "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" in The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell praised the contribution of Ms. Menke's "deft fingers" to the film's "wheel-in-a-wheel trickiness".

The deft fingers that make him such an exceptional passer -- he averages almost five assists per game -- play a scale over his knee, searching for a sour note.

The New York Times' Elvis Mitchell recognised the contribution her "deft fingers" made to Kill Bill: Vol. 2's "wheel-in-a-wheel tricksiness".

Shoppers sifted through them with deft fingers.

He had powerful arms and hands, and deft fingers.

I could feel deft fingers fluttering around me, fastening straps and hoisting sagging tights.