Sentence examples for adroit smooth from inspiring English sources

As the starter sprung the five horses from the Monmouth Park gate, War Emblem pounced forward in one adroit, smooth motion and proceeded to go about what proved to be an easy task.

Mr. Bush has, of course, made some adroit moves that have helped smooth his way -- meeting with legislators from both parties in a number of settings, indicating his willingness to compromise on major issues like taxes and health care and, in general, comporting himself with more dignity than Mr. Clinton, without making too big a point of it.

He was inevitably slower, but still skilful and adroit.

Reporting in the journal Psychological Science, James E. Cutting of Cornell University and his colleagues described their discovery that Hollywood filmmakers, whether they know it or not, have become steadily more adroit at shaping basic movie structure to match the pulsatile, half-smooth, half-raggedy way we attend to the world around us.

He is astute but not adroit.

Steinbrenner's political moves were less adroit.

All central bankers must be politically adroit.

"The F.B.I. was very adroit.

They were also adroit self-satirists.

The adroit cabinet maker was launched.

Shaiman's work is extremely adroit.