Sentence examples for skillful control from inspiring English sources

Carew's poems, circulated in manuscript, were amatory lyrics or occasional poems addressed to members of the court circle, notable for their ease of language and skillful control of mood and imagery.

(Back in the United States, a washout at the U.S. Open enabled ESPN to shunt its coverage to ESPN2 because of overtime in the Left-Turn Derby — make that the Nascar race — on the mother ship. U.S. resistance to Belgium's skillful control proved, in the end, futile. After the Americans showed some early promise, Belgium regrouped.

Gates is very skillful at controlling a bureaucracy, but a war is something else.

During practice Monday, Henry looked active, skillful and in control.

In eight "Mélodies" by Duparc, she sang with a lovely, robust, voluptuous voice and dramatic conviction, caressing the sensual phrases with skillful shading and control.

It is difficult for a skillful operator to control the construction machine.

And while there's already much to admire in Mr. Sotomayor's skillful cooking and firm control of his ingredients, it's intriguing to contemplate what might result if he chose to stretch beyond his comfort zone.

Walker argues that the story of the purported "panic" fed the notion that Americans could easily be manipulated, that they were a many-headed "robot" easily controlled by skillful artists using the mass media.

Some of the most skillful umpiring is invisible; maintaining control over a game is the umpires' prime responsibility, and that often involves how they behave after they make mistakes.

This paper presents the excavation task planner devised to incorporate the intelligence of a construction planner and a skillful operator into the robotic control mechanism of the automated excavation system.

As the self-control of this skillful actor crumbled, he started to babble in sudden outbursts and heard imaginary phones ringing and people knocking at the door.