Sentence examples for knack for languages from inspiring English sources

In Ohio, Mr. Zovko recalled his older brother's affinity for physical activity, his knack for languages and desire to travel.

She had a knack for languages, and before her mother-in-law arrived she learned some Persian.

Arvind has always had a knack for languages, and in addition to English speaks Telugu, a southern Indi tongue, Spanish and some Hindi.

Murray worked for a while as a translator of science and technical material at the Australian National University, employing his remarkable knack for languages.

VICTOR WALD A Knack for Languages Victor Wald performed ably as a stockbroker, his wife, Rebecca, recalled, but he seemed miscast in the role.

Mr. Cox, born with a knack for languages, was a fortuitous catch for the Hilltop Mall, where the shoppers reflect California, a state where 27percentt of the population is foreign-born.

After all, her main skill set — a knack for language and bombast — overlapped nicely with that of most successful hip-hop artists.

Bottlenose dolphins have a knack for language.

In fact, I don't have a knack for language, my Cantonese teacher quit on me saying something Confucian like "you hear but you do not listen".

Because we don't have a record of everything a child has ever heard, we don't know when they're merely imitating or modifying something previously heard (nurture) and when they're saying something they could only know if they were born with a knack for language (nature).

I've always had a knack for learning languages, and I found myself picking up Arabic easily; I quickly became a confident speaker.