Sentence examples for a handy skill from inspiring English sources

It must be a handy skill to have – being able to manage uncomfortable situations by cloaking yourself in other people.

As veterans of previous round-the-world races and the America's Cup, however, they realize that the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances is a handy skill.

The younger Gill learned keyboards and music theory largely by ear and became adept at transposing songs to different keys at the drop of a hat, a handy skill at the Apollo when performers suddenly change keys or rearrange their songs onstage.

Back on deck after a rapid descent, she offered a technical observation to a helper in fluent French -- a handy skill for an offshore single-handed sailor, whose discipline is dominated by Frenchmen -- and then returned to her native tongue for a broader take on the moment.

But you do have to be close up, so knife-throwing would be a handy skill.

The demonstration is the first proof that a robot can generate a conception of itself and then adapt to damage, a handy skill to have in unpredictable environments.

It's a very handy skill, a chameleon-like talent that can look like a lot of things that are considered good qualities for political leaders to have: confidence, strength, assertiveness and even intelligence.

The session also briefed employees on how to deal with attacks and threats on social media, which these days is an unfortunately handy skill.

It's a handy little skill for a parent.

If students can feel intuitively how much bigger a billion is than a million they will have a handy lifelong skill.

As a child, Pope remembers watching television and being able to recall the names of obscure actors he'd once noticed in the background of other programmes – a handy social skill, but not one to build a career on.