Sentence examples for lacking in talent from inspiring English sources

He simply puts his chips out there in a way that others, lacking in talent or zeal, do not.

Radio 3 and the band of expert, passionate people who make it are not lacking in talent, creativity, energy and grace.

The defense is so lacking in talent, especially in the secondary, that the team is drooling over a player like Williams.

Meanwhile, the top women, hardly lacking in talent, struggled to build even one resonant rivalry in a year when their tour's biggest star, Serena Williams, played only 25 matches and missed two-thirds of the season because of complications from a foot injury and a pulmonary embolism that forced her to seek emergency treatment in Los Angeles.

He did not answer inquiries about potential lineup changes; whether the Cowboys gave up on their fired coach, Wade Phillips; his emotions during the last 48 hours; whether, as Giants defensive end Justin Tuck remarked, his offensive line was more confused than lacking in talent; or whether his defensive players avoided contact.

At the same time, the Mets have also spent considerable time trying to see if they can trade Dickey in exchange for at least two young players, mindful that their current roster lacks even one everyday outfielder and is lacking in talent behind the plate.

There's always going to be someone who's more naturally talented than you are, but what you lack in talent, you can make up for in passion.

What little he lacked in talent, he made up for in hard work.

"What I lack in talent, I make up for in invincibility," he said.

What the minirobot lacks in talent, it may make up for with price, to say nothing of compactness.

I hadn't a clue what I was doing in the kitchen, but I made up in enthusiasm what I lacked in talent.