Sentence examples for adroit that from inspiring English sources

He has a way about him: he's genuinely witty, so quick and adroit that we assume he's an intellectual whiz, though in fact he's barely passing.

Fifty years of acting experience have made Mr. Langella so adroit that he is credible even when dropping Noël Coward, President Kennedy and Adele Astaire, Fred's sister, into the same Cape Cod luncheon-and-dance encounter.

Mr. Gusinsky's counterattack proved so adroit that even the White House offered him tacit support, as President Clinton went to an interview at a Media-Most radio station during his recent trip to Moscow.

The books also marked my first encounter with the mock-heroic form: Cresswell's elevation of bourgeois domestic drama to the level of Shakespearean tragedy via her use of magniloquence, inflated analogy and classical reference is so adroit that when I read The Rape of the Lock for A-level, it was both instantly familiar and, frankly, a letdown.

Obsession knows no greater exponent than Louise, narrator and protagonist of this adroit novel that refuses to honor the claims of adulthood.

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.

The deal was unusual because of adroit negotiations that resulted in the Indians bidding for nine of the blocks, and getting the tenth free well, almost.

And Ratt was quite adroit at that task, doing it four times in the 1980's.

Italian fashion is especially adroit at that - Gianni Versace's safety-pin studded, Liz Hurley-harnessing "punk" collection is the most obvious and extreme example.

A healthier response is to be confident and adroit, demonstrating that social work is forward looking and open to innovation and reform, while asserting what it does and can achieve.

We can all appreciate the brilliant free-kicks, adroit passes that open up defences and vicious inswinging deliveries with his right boot (even if it would be nice to see him go round the outside of the full-back a few more times, much like Antonio Valencia).