Example sentences for: sleight-of-hand

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

  • Most authorities in these matters [cf. Darwin Ortiz's Gambling Scams , p. 189] agree that the broads tossed or faked in three-card monte [XXII,3,15, item 5] are not specifically the queens; rather, the reference is to pasteboards that are wider than the standard deck (viz. pokersized cards vs. bridge-sized), which makes cheating by sleight-of-hand easier in that game.

  • This sleight-of-hand is just as unacceptable as the similar newsmagazine cover practices of sinisterizing OJ and beautifying Quint Mom, or the bygone TV fad of "re-creation."

  • I agree that the problem isn't gender stereotyping; it's the sleight-of-hand the arrangement encourages.


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