Sentence examples for skill in playing from inspiring English sources

There's no skill in playing ball games with your hands.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in his Sept. 18 testimony to House Armed Services, said: "Iraq has demonstrated great skill in playing the international community.... It's a dance.

But I was in a good position to appreciate the infectious enthusiasm of Pedro Lima's drumming and the actors' skill in playing the berimbaus.

"It's genius when it works, but it's disaster when it doesn't," Tom Daschle told me recently, speaking generally of Obama's skill in playing the two chambers against each other.

Dressed in a long robe, he started with a solo reworking of Kaira, a piece that he first recorded 23 years ago, which allowed him to demonstrate his extraordinary skill in playing bass lines, melody and accompaniment at the same time, with sudden decorative flurries that made it sound as if there were at least two players present.

In a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, the reviewer said, "Rowling has shown uncommon skill in playing them with and against each other, and also woven them into a darn good bildungsroman, populated by memorable characters and infused with a saving, irrepressible sense of fun".

Mr. Bennett's effectiveness may stem from the time he has spent honing his skills in playing a character who interviews children, as shown on a Web series, "Fresh Perspectives," that he created in 2011.

Kirkwood also devised the plot to show of Coopers skills in playing tragedy, of this he commented: "It'll also give Claire Cooper and Nick Pickard another opportunity to show off their acting talents.

The physiotherapy was incorporated into the child's daily activities, promoting functional skills in playing, dressing, grooming, transfers and mobility.

She has also demonstrated her skills in playing piano - she holds an Indonesian Museum of Records (MURI) record for playing 22 songs within 2 hours on her piano, some of them without any musical score.

One reason I enjoy watching televised Stracraft matches is that I'm familiar with the workings of computer games in general, and Starcraft 2 in particular, which helps me appreciate the skill involved in playing well.