Sentence examples for marked talent for from inspiring English sources

At the University of Nebraska she showed a marked talent for journalism and story writing, and on graduating in 1895 she obtained a position in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a family magazine.

He is not likely to get any legislation passed in a Senate controlled by centrist Democrats, but he has demonstrated a marked talent for stoking the fear of an authoritarian government and getting like-minded lawmakers to join him in resisting its dangers.

Set aside talent for a moment.

Marlowe's short life was marked not only by a talent for writing plays that rivaled Shakespeare's, but also by intrigue and danger.

Her six years at the Home Office were marked by an instinctive secrecy, a talent for "going missing" or delegating when things went wrong, and a too careless approach to civil liberties.

If most readers aren't prepared to go quite that far, this dark, strange romantic dance certainly marks the flowering of Richardson's talent for morally and emotionally sophisticated psychological realism.

I don't understand why certain people are marked for advancement despite their evident -- at least to observers such as coworkers -- lack of talent.

To have lovely handwriting, or a talent for poetry, was a mark of good character, in a former life as well as in the present one.

Her exotic accent, chain-smoking and talent for poetry and photography mark her as a scarlet sheep among the white flock of London society.

All were marked for United Russia.

Ferguson added: "His talent for creating space in the box and his finishing ability mark him out as a natural goalscorer.