Sentence examples for slight of hand from inspiring English sources

What happens when the smoke and mirrors, the slight of hand, are taken away?

When a bank makes a loan it creates new "check book money" using the following slight of hand.

Others of his ilk have proved less effective as familiarity has increased, losing their magic like a card trick when the slight of hand is exposed.

At least physical brutality has a blue-collar honesty about it, whereas simulation is a despicable white collar crime, an administrative slight of hand or foot.

Republican senators did try a little electronic slight of hand – someone changed the timestamp of the vote as seen on the legislature's website.

Some deft slight of hand by the Royal Bank of Scotland board appears to have peaked investors' interest as the Government-controlled bank became one of the FTSE 100's biggest risers.

Mr. Pataki's proposed budget also contains a terrible bit of financial slight-of-hand.

atlantic.com A pickpocket's tale Apollo Robbins, the slight-of-hand magician who turned his talents to thieving.

Yet Ming is a pretty racist caricature in the first place, so the script might have to exhibit some impressively tidy slight-of-hand to attract a top actor from east Asia.

The negotiated wording of the charges and admissions also appear to be the most recent matinee in which the AFL reveals its slight-of-hand in applying punishments that allow those who transgressed to avoid an admission of guilt (ref: Melbourne, 2009).

They may funnel employees to group-purchasing options – but that's a marketing slight-of-hand to avoid the messy complexities and fiscal burden of managing ESI outright.