Sentence examples for deftly sidestepping from inspiring English sources

She laughs, deftly sidestepping the question.

He claimed no rooting interest in the game, deftly sidestepping a question about who he thought would win.

A good part of the interview had consisted of her deftly sidestepping a discussion of personal motivation.

"They are part of the sport," Nascar's president, Mike Helton, said recently, deftly sidestepping the question of whether the brothers are good or bad for the sport.

She even helped me to replace the phone charger I'd forgotten, deftly sidestepping the tourist-infested tat-shacks that prove a magnet to so many who find themselves in a foreign land with one bar of battery left.

Yet as I listened to him calmly holding forth about the need to protect freedom of speech internationally - while deftly sidestepping questions about human rights in Senegal - I found myself wondering: does he actually mean any of this?

But Barnett deftly sidesteps any rags-to-riches narrative.

So far, Yohei Kono has deftly sidestepped his son's demand.

Mr. Navalny deftly sidestepped questions about his own political intentions, and his influence — including his ability to spur protesters to take to the streets — is difficult to measure.

But he deftly sidestepped the question of whether he thought accidentally taking a minor stimulant should lead to a ban, adding: "I don't make the rules.

Yet as these events unfold, Mr. Bush has deftly sidestepped this political minefield, avoiding, at least for the moment, any negative association with Enron.