Sentence examples for sharp talent from inspiring English sources

He had sharp talent and famous friends: Richard Wright, Terry Southern, Robert Graves.

Jude Kelly, chair of the judges, said the story showed "a sharp talent, a rare maturity and a poetic intelligence that is both subtle and deeply effective".

If successful, the alliance could significantly raise the profile of Mr. Braun, who at 32 has already established himself as a sharp talent hunter with a keen command of social media.

They shared a private humour in their scripted exchanges – Bacall's part bumped up on the suggestion of the sharp talent agent, Charlie Feldman – and their innuendo was wicked; no onscreen shag could show what Bacall suggested just by scratching her stockinged thigh.

Beyond stellar research and publication records, faculty candidates must also collaborate across disciplines and the globe, and have a sharp talent for fundraising.

Rowell's novels showcase her sharp talent for getting into the heads of her characters and creating compelling personal relationships, and that's exactly what Runaways needs to recapture the spirit of the original run.

Anyone wanting to enumerate Hynes's skills might note that he's clearly a sharp talent-spotter - the unknown guests here, from Ava Raiin to Bea1991, are all genuinely fantastic – although he seems to have reserved the album's best track, a swooning, lambent ballad called Hadron Collider, for Nelly Furtado.

That television has not figured out how to smoothly package her razor-sharp talent is evident by the fact that both shows where she now regularly appears have her sharing the bill with puppets.

Men such as Edwin J Fancey, a razor-sharp talent-spotter who gave Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan their first film roles, shot a drama of the Canadian Rockies a few miles outside Glasgow, and persuaded unwilling crew members to work overtime by threatening to punch them in the face.

Elsewhere, though, he might have diagnosed a want of fizz, or, more charitably, a dearth of roles, which has sent the sharper talents into a sort of witness-protection program, or confined them to TV.

Coming just days after LVMH announced it is also backing the young British shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood, the news suggests the luxury giants may be embarking on a spending spree to match the one that saw Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen transformed into marquee names – and that, once again, London is where the fashion scouts are finding the sharpest talents.