Example sentences for: finesse

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

  • The writing may not be polished, but "[w]hat this demotic, you-are-there prose lacks in literary finesse ...

  • We finesse our way out of trouble, using the checkbook, rather than choose a brutal collision and trust that we will hang on to the ball.

  • Spacey acts with "heavenly finesse" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ), and Annette Bening as his high-strung wife is "spectacular" (Mike Clark, USA Today ). The director, Sam Mendes, and writer, Alan Ball, are new to film--they're stage and television veterans, respectively--and many critics say that's why the film feels so fresh.

  • You don't have to read the elaborate taxonomy of his technique in the catalog to recognize that what sometimes appears as chaos is in fact the product of great control and finesse.

  • I remember a long time ago that Steve said this would happen and I think the only question is if the company can finesse a soft landing that Netscape did not.


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