Sentence examples for nimble foils from inspiring English sources

Although booking that band would've been a coup, Sears' group proved nimble foils for Heath's playful mix of swing and funk-leaning locomotion on a suite commissioned by the L.A. Jazz Society in Heath's honor.

In the 20th century the Met had nimble, progressive foils: Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera, briefly, and then City Opera, which was founded in 1943 with a populist mandate and commitments to adventurous programming and cohesive dramatic values.

These officials say the F.B.I., despite efforts to strengthen its counterterrorism programs over the last decade, and despite hefty increases in its budget, never developed a nimble enough structure, analytic capability or sense of mission to foil terrorist plots before they were carried out.

Stumbles in the Terror War Intelligence officials say that the F.B.I., despite efforts to strengthen its counterterrorism programs, has never developed a nimble enough structure, analytic capability or sense of mission to foil terror plots. 1 White-Collar Crime Increases Business fraud and corruption prosecutions and investigations are on the rise.

Still, they were nimble.

Nimble and unresting flea.

Knight sought to stay nimble.

So nimble and delicate".

Nadal was similarly nimble.

Her fingers are nimble.

Brian Griese is nimble.