Sentence examples for knack over from inspiring English sources

The Phillies forged this phenomenon last September, when they shocked the Mets by erasing a seven-game lead with 17 to play, and hardly lost that knack over the winter.

MEGAMIND'S LAIR Megamind's knack for over-the-top presentation plays out just as much behind the scenes as in his public battles.

"When the game's on the line, Sam just has a knack for taking over whenever we need him to," center Chris Kaman said.

In general, the economic arbiters of taste recommend "experiences" over commodities, pastimes over knick-knacks, doing over having.

Or to hear about: It is Mr. Grylls's knack for exuberant, slightly over-the-top storytelling, enhanced by a buttery accent, that might resonate with the 1.1 million viewers who tune into "Man vs. Wild" each week.

The arrogant have a knack of papering over chasms in their arguments.

We have a knack for gliding over grief even in literary works where it might seem to be central, such as "Hamlet" and "The Catcher in the Rye".

Theory 2: New Yorkers have a highly evolved, unrivaled knack for glossing over the limitations, absurdities and dubious habitability of an unforgiving metropolis.

Luke Dorn has a rare combination of most of these traits, fused together to create an uncanny knack of getting over the line.

Emmanuel Adebayor has shrugged of his sluggish start to be thwacking them in left and right, while Robin van Persie - 15 goals in his past 20 Premier Leagues starts, thank-you Guardian "match-pointers" - has reclaimed his place after getting over knack.

New Yorkers are fantastic at make-believe, which leads me to... Theory 2: New Yorkers have a highly evolved, unrivaled knack for glossing over the limitations, absurdities and dubious habitability of an unforgiving metropolis.