Sentence examples for manipulative skill from inspiring English sources

With a little more force and manipulative skill, the power-hungry queen might be Lady Macbeth.

When brought together by the dozen (here is where the show seems too big) they blur into a single impression of Steichen's manipulative skill.

The Gloucester candlestick (see photograph), in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, displays the power and imagination of the designer as well as an extraordinary manipulative skill on the part of the founder.

In Bunraku, the classical puppet theatre of Japan, the elocutionary art of a chanted narration and the manipulative skill with the dolls diminished the emphasis on the script except in the work of the 17th-century master Chikamatsu Monzaemon, who enjoyed a creative freedom in writing for puppets rather than for the actors of Kabuki.

"Knowledge, manipulative skill or financial genius were not the only magic of the investment trust," Galbraith wrote in his uniquely wry manner.

This study aimed to examine the extent to which the quality physical education teaching (QPET) practices contributed to improving 4th- and 5th-grade students' manipulative skill competency.

Major manipulative skills are required for these characters to get their way.

He looks on with envy at Mark E Smith's renowned manipulative skills and wishes he could be the same.

Although less effective than claws for digging or gouging, the flattened nail is still an excellent adaptation that has added much to the development of manipulative skills.

An unabashed Clinton hater makes his case with a blunt assessment of the president's personal flaws and amazing manipulative skills.

Why would anyone ever think that the manipulative skills of a modern coach wouldn't also extend to his own job?