Sentence examples for uncanny skill from inspiring English sources

An uncanny skill at modelling flesh in receding depth produces odd flashes of beauty seemingly against Coe's will.

In the stories especially, he caught the shimmer of light on the grass, for example, with uncanny skill.

In both novels, the bleakness of the material is leavened by Pitcher's uncanny skill with the narrative voice.

But Mr. Herbert does not mention the equally dangerous flip side of this coin: Mr. Bush's uncanny skill at political manipulation.

Veley tackled all of these challenges with uncanny skill and obvious relish, but I have yet to divine exactly what motivates him.

To decide that question, a diplomat with an uncanny skill for dealing with ugly regimes, Robert Frasure, was dispatched to Belgrade, where he held lengthy talks and had many meals with Mr. Milosevic.

The Anglosphere comprises the former British Empire (and even those places — the Netherlands, Germany, Iceland, Scandinavia — where people have uncanny skills with English as a second language).

Kelly Macdonald voices Princess Merida, an independent firebrand blessed with uncanny skills with a bow, who is shocked by her mother's insistence that she choose between three equally unsuitable suitors.

The aloof young passer made his living off sheer physical talent and uncanny improvisational skills.

It is evidently apocryphal, but its telling reflects the awe in which Baugh was held for his uncanny passing skills and self-confidence.

But he left Mallory a legacy of uncanny police skills and at least one other protective father figure — her partner, the affably rumpled Detective Sergeant Riker — who is endlessly fond of her antisocial quirks.