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Example sentences for: sleight

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The result of the sleight is that the dealer, while apparently giving the top card in the usual way, actually gives the second card instead of it.
Weiner claims that the memoir is an elaborate sleight of hand and speculates that Said decided to "spin" the story of his past--by telling the truth about it--when he heard about Weiner's inquiries.
Michiko Kakutani seems downright irritated: "The volume is basically a case of a skilled writer lazily using his sleight of hand to toss off what (with two or three exceptions) are pure exercises in craft" (the New York Times ). (Find out more about author Amis on the New York Times ' "Featured Author" page.)
To the families involved in the Woburn tragedy, the real climax of this story isn't the downbeat ending of the book or the sleight of hand, "let's call the Environmental Protection Agency," upbeat ending of the movie.
Somewhere in the middle comes my ideal black comedy, in which humans are base but their emotions have weight, and the human condition, while irremediable, is leavened by the artist's cheery sleight of hand.