Sentence examples for shrewd ability from inspiring English sources

The knockout dented Pacquiao's fearsome reputation, but it didn't shrink his fan base, and perhaps it also made him a more attractive opponent to Mayweather, whose calculating style entails a shrewd ability to assess risk and reward.

C. 380 BCE 319 BCE Demades, (born c. 380 bc died 319) Athenian orator and diplomat who rose from humble origins to a leading place in politics through his vigorous speeches and shrewd ability to fathom popular opinion.

As a defender, if you can't hold your ground and force Myers to play in a phone booth, you'll fall victim to his shrewd ability to create angles on lateral movement in the run game.

In 1980 a $1m investment gave him 40% of a start-up that became Micron Technology, which makes semiconductors for storing data in microchips and memory cards.The odd felonyMr Simplot's success had the traditional ingredients: hard work, thrift, enterprise, readiness to take risks and a shrewd ability to assess an opportunity.

Those seeing only the stereotype of a dour Scot would be surprised, were they to spend time in his press conferences, by his wit and a shrewd ability to weigh up and deal with the inevitable questions aimed at eliciting a back-page headline.

Best known for his shrewd ability to analyze the world around him, Doug's written 15 novels most famously Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, the book that more or less coined the titular term as well as about a dozen nonfiction works.

Best known for his shrewd ability to analyse the world around him, Doug's written 15 novels – most famously Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, the book that more or less coined the titular term – as well as about a dozen non-fiction works.

Picasso's eventual success was a product not only of his artistic virtuosity, but also of the shrewd entrepreneurial ability that made him the first artist to understand the freedom that was afforded by the emergence of a competitive art market in the early 20th century.