Sentence examples for skill in portraying from inspiring English sources
'skill in portraying' is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it when you want to describe someone's ability to express or portray something through a certain medium or activity. For example, "He had a great skill in portraying emotion in his paintings."
Even in the dark I was dazzled by her skill in portraying the fur and, of course, the shoes which were to become her trademark.
When Radford suffered his final heart attack in October 1952 - reaching for a beer in a Mayfair restaurant - British newspapers printed daily bulletins on his progress and saluted his skill in portraying "the stoical stupidity of the tweedy British character".
That Father bears a striking resemblance to last year's Summer Hours isn't really a surprise -- Hansen-Løve has a personal relationship with HOURS' director Olivier Assayas, and seems to parallel his skill in portraying with candid empathy how people handle tragic loss and deal with the practical decisions that have to be made regardless of such tragedy.
He specializes in portraying Nazis.
In portraying Buddy Love, Mr. Lewis was shockingly good.
Mine is to riffle through the pages, taking in the color and the cartographer's skill at portraying the true size and shape of continents and, in particular, the polar regions.
Mr. Willis's predicament is similar to that of Burt Reynolds, who became a redneck in a gilded cage because of his skill at portraying high-living backwoods slickers.
He wanted to go a little further with the Beckett play, in which he brings his clowning skills to portraying a tramplike figure searching for his place in the universe.
It is direct in its effort to neutralize Mr. Obama's widely acknowledged speaking skills by portraying his soaring oratory as lacking real substance.
With considerable skill, he portrayed himself as a populist champion who would enable small investors to earn their rightful places in the world.
He drew details that some older artists overlooked or lacked the skill to portray.
