Sentence examples for shaky grasp from inspiring English sources

McDonnell, like Allen, seems to have a rather shaky grasp of the principles of intellectual inquiry.

There were various voice-over schemes and attempts to suggest Barney's shaky grasp of things.

She also showed a shaky grasp of her portfolio, humanitarian aid.

There is another curiosity here beyond Ms. McCaughey Ross's shaky grasp of political loyalty.

Sadly, these gaffes are symptomatic of Maguire's often shaky grasp of details.

Considering McFaul's sometimes shaky grasp of the Russian idiom, this could make him look both volatile and unconfident.

Clinton, to her credit, had watched, or at least skimmed the footage, which shows Johnson displaying the rhetorical skills — humor, bluster, and a sometimes-shaky grasp of the facts — honed while an undergraduate as the President of the Oxford Union, that famed seeding ground of many successful British politicians.

The prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, Mr Thaksin's sister, now seems to have only the shakiest grasp on power.

With the help of two enthusiastic but mercurial carpenters who had "only the shakiest grasp of the workings of time", he launched his employer's pretty little Crabber and set out for Spetses.

But this was almost covered up by the clatter of the delicate coffee cups on the tray, in his shaky old grasp.

The deeper "Ricky" plunges into allegory, the shakier its grasp of the material.