Sentence examples for real acumen from inspiring English sources
Attica Locke's debut Black Water Rising marked the American writer out as a socially committed crime writer of real acumen, and her follow-up The Cutting Season (Serpent's Tail, £14.99) is still a remarkably ambitious piece.
Coulter does better when sending up the post-colonial pieties of liberals and "their cheese-tasting friends," and probably owes her widespread popularity more to her skill as a social satirist than to any real acumen as a political commentator.
I wondered if Timothy's eccentricity was a cozy disguise for his real acumen, in the way, perhaps, that his shack and outbuildings, in various states beyond repair, were disguises for his alleged wealth.
His real business acumen, however, appeared in the classroom.
Glenys Kinnock I always said Oona would go on to great things because I could see she had real political acumen.
Maybe the most pertinent question left is when exactly Jim Buss will finally retire from the Lakers and let someone with real basketball acumen take over as head of basketball operations?
However, given that the purchase price of the seven-bedroom waterfront estate was $4.9 million, way down from the 2010 listing of $13.5 million, maybe fans could congratulate her on her real estate acumen if things go bad with Conor.
This man entirely lacks real-estate acumen and sense, paying such a staggering fee.
NEW YORK -- Along with touting his wealth and business acumen, real estate mogul Donald Trump has long portrayed himself as an educator, who is ready and willing to impart the knowledge that can turn any motivated person into a multimillionaire.
Skip the few contemporary economic references and stick to Green's investing acumen (mostly real estate and railroads), her hoarding of cash (she bailed New York City out more than once by buying short-term bonds) and her legendary frugality (she conducted much of her business from a bank to save on office rent and took her young son to a free health clinic for the poor when he broke his leg).
It's a real test of his acumen.
