Example sentences for: dexterity

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

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

  • Always read "more for his trend-setting insights than his novelistic dexterity," he loses his hipster cred with this novel "by jumping on the already tired beauty-pageant-bashing bandwagon" ( Publishers' Weekly ). Even worse, "his brand labels are just slightly faded," and the story feels "curiously clipped and uptight" (Tom Shone, the New York Times ). On a more positive note, many also point out that despite his faux pas, Coupland has put together "a brilliant set of riffs" on pop culture and Hollywood life (James Poniewozik, Time ). (Click here to see some of the furniture the author has designed.)

  • 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.

  • (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."

  • Village contests judge competitors on their most spectacular flying skills — height, dexterity, and the humming sound produced by the wind through the kite-head.


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