Example sentences for: dexterity

How can you use “dexterity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Police say Patsy's handwriting samples are inconclusive because her manual dexterity has been hampered by sedatives she has taken since JonBenet's death.

  • Whether it is rational for a person to make the decision I made depends on a number of factors, including: 1) the physical conditions in which the device is to be installed; 2) the person's manual dexterity; 3) the alternative uses of the person's time; 4) the person's risk aversion; 5) the person's tolerance for hassle; 6) the person's income; 7) the person's age; 8) the prospective marginal tax on the person's estate.

  • In any case, the secret of manual dexterity is all in the timing--hitting the piano key or releasing the curveball at precisely the right instant.

  • (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). One admirer is Margaret Atwood, writing in the New York Times Book Review : Updike "manages an amazing range of emotions with his usual grace and dexterity."

  • At times, Lewinsky's dexterity is eerily Clintonesque.


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