Sentence examples for like a competent from inspiring English sources

"I guess I did, but I didn't really ever feel like a competent bass player.

But today, for once, he looked like a competent politician doing his job.

We would all like a competent Afghan government — but the key modifier there is "Afghan".

If you're familiar with contemporary currents, however, it feels more like a competent synthesis of recent trends and often conjures bolder works by other artists.

Even with Ike Davis, David Wright, Josh Thole and Angel Pagan, the Mets could be a last-place team under Terry Collins, who sounds like a competent baseball lifer.

If the campaign feels like a competent if slightly dated expression of the blockbuster first-person shooter, the game's multiplayer modes work much harder to disrupt the status quo.

It's a very simple system and because of its simplicity it means the likes of a competent DIY-er can fit it themselves," says designer Clive Hall.

I'd like to become a competent recreational ice-skater.

McCain's speech is like watching a competent cover band play your local bar.

Yet another appointment from the liberal centrist wing of the party, he is well liked and regarded as a competent brain.

It appears less and less like we have a competent driver in the vehicle attempting to stay the course in Iraq.