Sentence examples for tentative skill from inspiring English sources

Without such ongoing exposure the child merely loses through lack of practice the tentative skill s/he has acquired – as the OECD report shows so damningly.

You feel... something of what Messi must feel: first, the overwhelming presence of the grass beneath his feet (he's a short player); then the tentative elegance of acquired skill, represented by the stepladder of the perfumed meringues; and, finally, the infantile joy, the childlike release, of scoring, represented by the passion-fruit cream and the candy-store pop rocks.

A tentative smile.

India has taken tentative steps to remedy its skills famine — the current government has made noises about doubling spending on education, and a host of new colleges and universities have sprung up since the mid-nineties.

The tentative conclusion seems justified that educators can facilitate clinical skill development by equipping students with skills to use (aspects of) deliberate practice.

Tentative language gives a poor impression of your speaking skills and intelligence.

While still tentative, our data hint that spatial thinking should be considered a basic cognitive skill and practiced in elementary school.

November (tentative).

"I was very tentative.

Richard Hilger appeared more tentative.

Her smile became tentative.