Sentence examples for touch of finesse from inspiring English sources

Cloutie dumpling and tattle scones are homemade and everything is cooked with care and an extra touch of finesse, from the steamed porridge with whisky to the Belgian waffles.

In the later works, their performances, which are slightly pallid, lacking in real instrumental pungency and the last touch of finesse, hardly stand up against the finest by international bands.

However untidy the build-up, there was a touch of finesse about the manner in which he waited for Brad Friedel to go down before chipping elegantly over the goalkeeper.

Russell added a delightful touch of finesse to a game peppered with brawn, floating a crossfield kick into the considerable grasp of Naiyaravoro, who sauntered in for the bonus-point score.

The only effective solution, as proposed by John McEnroe, would be a return to wooden rackets, which would bring back touch, strategy, finesse and a variety of competitive styles to men's pro tennis.

Touré was stopped in his tracks, shunted into blind alleys, robbed of the ball when his touch lacked finesse.

His canny lack of finesse finesses us all.

"Casual … with a bit of finesse".

There's a lot of finesse involved.

There's a glaring absence of finesse.

Adherence to this principle required finesse, sometimes even lack of finesse.