Sentence examples for it was a sleight from inspiring English sources

It was a sleight of hand that, like all his work, used a readymade to both debunk and game the value system of contemporary art, and have fun doing it.

But it was a sleight of hand to say this was a public festival, because this foodie fantasia wasn't really open to Brooklyn's broad masses.

It's a sleight of mind you learn to perform at a very young age.

It's a sleight of hand that seems a necessary part of this evolution from online diary to online business.

In other words, it's a sleight of hand trick, used to mislead by gesturing towards things that aren't happening instead of describing the things that are.

(It's a sleight of hand that many conservatives are noticing. "Pope Francis, The Earth Is Not My Sister," reads a recent headline in The Federalist, a right-wing Web magazine).

In football we are often mesmerised by the talent on the field, whether it be a sleight of foot, a moment of individual genius or the elegance of the perfect team goal.

Being a host, Browner says, is all about self-interest: it's a sleight of hand in which the host, while pretending to gratify the needs of his guests, is actually reaping all the emotional, political and social profit himself.

"It is a sleight of hand and, I have to say, pretty disingenuous.

To most ordinary people and also quite a lot of geneticists, it is a sleight of hand that is as illogical as it is unethical.

We acknowledge that this re-classification of the cases within eating disorder NOS is something of a sleight of hand, but it is a sleight of hand with a purpose since it is intended to place these cases in specific and appropriate diagnostic categories.