Sentence examples for adept at escaping from inspiring English sources

Alas, he had also become adept at escaping, stealing and lying baldly when he was caught.

"People of lower intelligence may be lesS adept at escaping detection and the elevated crime rate found in our XYY group may therefore reflect a higher detection rate rather than simply a higher rate of commission of crimes," the authors wrote in a recent issue of the journal,Science.

His drop-back passing ability was on display, evidenced by a 96-yard touchdown bomb in the first half, and he also proved adept at escaping trouble when he scrambled to find an open receiver for another score to end the second quarter.

Justifying his use of tents and razor wire to the TV cameras and journalists, Arpaio argued that the criminals inside – both Americans and foreigners convicted of minor offences, most often drug use, shoplifting and, in some instances, working with false documents – were "more adept at escape".

The Antarctic scallop does not itself have many predators and large individuals are adept at jumping and swimming to escape attackers.

Nothing escapes Slider, who is especially adept at reading people's minds from the way they decorate themselves and their homes.

In addition, the young from females who had multiple partners were more adept at schooling (swimming in tandem with another fish) and escaping from trouble, critical survival skills for a young fish.

But then again, her mother Wendy Ruff may be among the few moms in the city — if any — who is adept at securing her daughter in a strait jacket, only to sit back and watch her escape.

Martoma was unusually adept at cultivating mentors.

I've become adept at seeming shorter.

Drasner was adept at marathon evening sessions.