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Sentences starting with skill

Skill and organization, combined with good luck, conquered, however. [11]
Skill was developed. [4]

Sentences ending with skill

Carnac painted her with skill. [11]
During their absence, when Charmian had been attacked by sickness, Cleopatra had often entrusted the care of her toilet to Aisopion, and had praised her skill. [10]
They appeared a very bedlam of chaos, instead of the triumph of order, organization and human skill. [9]
Carmen had made up her mind from the first to marry Jean Jacques, and she deported herself accordingly--with modesty, circumspection and skill. [11]
Her face wore the proud expression of a surgeon who has just performed a difficult operation and admits the public to appreciate his skill. [2]
Anna Pavlovna arranged the different groups in her drawing room with her habitual skill. [2]
I see clearly that your mistress will be Cambyses' favorite wife, and will then forward your marriage, for she is very fond of you, and thinks no praise too high for your fidelity and skill. [10]
He was also subconsciously aware who it was that played the piano beyond there with such pleasant skill. [11]
But my mother shall cook you a mess of it before long, and she prepares it with incomparable skill. [10]
For she was renowned in this department of sport on many fields, both for recklessness and skill. [9]

Sentences containing skill two or more times

Brains and books were one thing, but the strong arm, the quick eye, and the deft lunge home with the sword or dagger were better; they were of a man's own skill, not the acquired skill of another's brains which books give. [11]
The way beneath the trees is the way of the thief, and the skill of the horse is the skill to cheat. [11]
He loved cards; he loved the strife of skill against skill, of trick against trick, of hand against hand. [11]

More example sentences with the word skill in them

The real world, your world, England, Europe, would have no more use for all your skill and knowledge and power, because there would be a woman in the way. [11]
The world wants your skill to save life, not to destroy it. [11]
None but a young man could take on the job, for it will require boldness, skill, and the recklessness of perfect courage. [11]
And how soon would anguish of soul utterly destroy the spell, which was slowly, slowly, yet steadily diminishing, and, when the mirror revealed wrinkles which the skill of no Olympus could efface, when she----No, she was not created to grow old! [10]
The greater the works which the traveller's eyes beheld, the more insignificant he felt, the more pitiful his own powers, his own skill appeared. [10]
We see the workman and the tools, but the skill that guides the work and the power that performs it are as invisible as ever. [3]
She soon found work for us, making us do many a Samaritan-task; and many a time have we marvelled to mark the skill with which she wove her web, and the wisdom coupled with her open-handed bounty. [10]
Yet not a word which could have resembled a question escaped his beardless lips while he examined, sewed, and bandaged the deep sword thrust with the skill and care of a surgeon. [10]
They've planned this with skill, and they'll need a lot of handlin'. [11]
This he did with skill, and the crew of the ship even cheered them as they left. [11]
His skill and wisdom were the last tribunal to which the sick and suffering could appeal. [3]
At last Darius, who was famous for his skill in archery, took the bow. [10]
My Lord March, who did me the honour to lay one hundred pounds upon my skill, insisted that I should make one of a party to the famous amphitheatre near Lambeth. [9]
I suppose that which we all enjoy is the exercise of skill in winning. [4]
This is just what regional, or, as it is sometimes called, surgical anatomy, does for the surgeon with reference to the part on which his skill is to be exercised. [3]
Her white caps were now plaited with almost coquettish skill and care, and the firm, contented manner in which she ruled Trautchen and the two under maid-servants showed that everything was going on well in Peter's house and business. [10]
They forget the way beneath the trees, they lose their skill in horses. [11]
His skill, however, was not sufficient for these city demigods; for the landlord of The Pike intended to look after their table himself. [10]
When this man's voice reached Hermon, he repeated to himself the words of refusal with which the great physician had formerly declined to devote his time and skill to him. [10]
It needed a very cool head and the skill of a gymnast. [4]
Bilibin's services were valued not only for what he wrote, but also for his skill in dealing and conversing with those in the highest spheres. [2]
It all depends upon the skill of the driver. [9]
He had drawn up a plan of action with great military skill, and succeeded in gaining not only Cambyses' approval, but that of the old general Megabyzus and the best tacticians among the Achaemenidae. [10]
It was the touch of a born musician who certainly had skill, but who had infinitely more of musical passion. [11]
Damia and Porphyrius took a vain pleasure in their eager discussions, and clapped with delight, as though it were a game of skill, when Gorgo laughingly checkmated her excited opponent with some unanswerable argument. [10]
He admired skill too much for that. [11]
He kindly motioned to them to keep silence, and asked what induced them to expect leisure time on that day, when, by the exertion of all their powers, they were to display their skill in the presence of their mistress and the Emperor. [10]
Hunt a tribute to the bellows-like skill of Messrs. Bascom and Botcher. [9]
On the road to Lochias he had informed the young sculptor of the business in hand, and had told him in a condescending tone that he would be permitted to try his skill in reconstructing the Urania. [10]
They were keen to know how much of skill was likely to enter into this duel, for each meant that it should be deadly. [11]
It is owing to him, and the care and skill of the great leech Erasistratus, that I am still standing before you alive and can praise what my Hermon was and proved himself to me in those days. [10]
I was obliged to fire from a wheel-chair, yet, like Hartmann, I could boast of many a good shot; but the skill of Herr Rodiger, the author's father-in-law, was really wonderful. [10]
You are soon to enter into relations with the public, to expend your skill and knowledge for its benefit, and find your support in the rewards of your labor. [3]
Nothing was yet to be seen of the various musicians, jugglers, fire-eaters, serpent-charmers, and conjurers, who in the evening displayed their skill in this part of the town, which at all times had the aspect of a never ceasing fair. [10]
They invite us to attend a clinic, and the horrible skill with which they wield the scalpel holds us spellbound. [9]
For the first time in years he found himself doubting his rider's skill in finding tracks, and his memory of what he had actually seen. [13]
To devote his time and skill to a blind man who, under the severest of visitations, lulled himself so contentedly in happiness, he considered unjust to others who desired recovery more ardently. [10]
These thoughts passed through Gorgias's mind as the deep azure hue of sea and sky blended with the sunlight to bring into the strongest relief all that the skill and brains of man, aided by exhaustless resources, had here created. [10]
If he ever thought of Helene, it was just of her beauty and her remarkable skill in appearing silently dignified in society. [2]
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries--and that men attribute the greatest merit to skill in killing one another. [2]
And now, as though his whole future depended on this interview, he brought to bear a life-long skill to influence her. [11]
It was at this time that the wonderful counterpane began to grow, to the continual astonishment of Giuseppe, to whom it seemed a marvel of skill and patience, and who saw what love and sweet hope Fiammetta was knitting into it with her deft fingers. [4]
In barbarous ages this object was accomplished by violence; it is now attained by skill and adroitness. [4]
They both thought they had been exercising their skill on a lunatic, for he had made no answer to all their questions, and had said nothing but once in a deep and fearfully loud voice: "Chatter to other people--I am in a hurry. [10]
They helped me, they fed me with dialect, with local details, with memories, with old letters, with diaries of their forebears, until, if I had gone wrong, it would have been through lack of skill in handling my material. [11]
On one of these Diodoros was laid, Melissa helping in silence, and with such skill as delighted even the physicians. [10]
But one day there was a terrible railway accident on a construction train, and Lebanon and Manitou made a call upon his skill, and held him in bondage to his profession for one whole month. [11]
She would make then realize what genuine art, skill, and daring could accomplish. [10]
It needed all the old philosopher's skill in persuasion to induce him to speak, and Philotas, before he began, begged Helena to leave the room. [10]
The duties which the minister had to perform were unusual, delicate, and difficult; but I believe he acquitted himself of them with the skill of a born diplomatist. [4]
The widow of the Little Chemist had skill and presence of mind. [11]
Also he singed the hair with a skill and care, which had filled many a thinly covered scalp with luxuriant growth, and his hair-tonic, known as "Smilax," gave a pleasant odour to every meeting-house or church or public hall where the people gathered. [11]
He had made the first attack, on the ground that the aggressor gains by boldness, if that boldness is joined to skill; and Dyck's skill was of the best. [11]
He possessed all the best elements of a young man in a new country--intelligent self-dependence, skill, daring, vision. [11]
They pointed out the beautiful work to each other; but, though most of them acknowledged the skill of the master who had painted it, many ascribed its superiority to the magical charm of the model. [10]
Major Rowens, at that time Lieutenant of the Rockland Fusileers, had driven and "traded" horses not a few before he turned his acquired skill as a judge of physical advantages in another direction. [6]
Adam, too, showed that he was glad to see the unexpected visitor, and placed his skill at the disposal of the monastery. [10]
They told him, that he had been lying in a violent fever for weeks, and had only escaped death by the special mercy of the gods, the skill of the physicians, and the unwearied nursing of his mother. [10]
For action he takes special degrees, capacity, skill, trustworthiness; for perception, consciousness, insight, clearness. [10]
There were better swordsmen in England than he, but his skill was various, and he knew tricks of the trade which this primitive Norman could never have learnt. [11]
When they crossed swords again, Iberville, whether by chance or by momentary want of skill, parried Gering's disengage from tierce to carte on to his own left shoulder. [11]
Even he was surprised at the fortitude and skill Virginia showed from the very first, when she had deftly cut away the stiffened blue cloth, and helped to take off the rough bandages. [9]
It was a strong will and a subtle intellect that had arrayed their force and skill against the ill-defended citadel of Myrtle's heart. [6]
He had, therefore, sprung to the acceptance, and sent his humble duty to the Queen by her winsome messenger, who, with conspicuous dramatic skill, had arranged secretly, with the help of a Gentleman Pensioner and the Master of the Horse, his appearance and his exit. [11]
Darius, thou must speak, thine eloquence is as great as thy skill in figures and swordsmanship! [10]
Charmian praised their skill, while they--all talking merrily together--told her how they had conquered the greatest difficulties. [10]
It hath no skill, but it would suffice. [11]
He fought with skill, but he fought without gloves, and the House needed gentle handling. [11]
I know that skill will be needed, but if we escape, what then? [11]
The lad has skill to point the eye of a button. [9]
The courage and skill of the leader were all in vain; the vast multitude of which he was captain was made up of over many parts, all unlike, and each with its own chief; and the fury of the heretics scattered them abroad. [10]
It wasn't any skill of mine. [11]
Pierre, whose rude skill in medicine was got of hard experiences here and there, had helped him back into the world again, and was himself now a little astonished at acting as Scripture reader to a Protestant invalid. [11]
Each man's remarkable skill in defence was a good guarantee against disaster due to carelessness. [11]
But no medical skill could keep cold and hunger and bad food, and, probably enough, desperate homesickness in some of the feebler sort, from doing their work. [3]
It exhibits Smith's skill as a writer and his capacity for rising into poetic moods. [4]
Tarboe had imagination, skill and decision, he seldom lost his temper; he kept a strong hand upon himself. [11]
What is reasonable skill and care? [7]
And if I should carry out that idea, should I refuse my care and skill to a suffering fellow-mortal because that mortal happened to be a brother, and not a sister? [6]
But with French ships, French officers and soldiers, French guns and ammunition, with the trained men of the French army to take control here, what amelioration of our weakness, what confidence and skill on our side! [11]
When she recovered, she would have the five heller pounds which the generous sovereign had left for her as a partial compensation for the injuries sustained while employing her rare skill for the delight of the multitude and, above all, himself. [10]
In the Masdakite she had found a friend and a submissive adorer; and Philippus could rejoice as he looked at the couple, for his skill had indeed brought him nothing but credit. [10]
That matchless lyre shall silent lie: None hath the vanished minstrel's wondrous skill To touch that instrument with art and will. [6]
In Italy I shall learn to fly, and when I have finished my Holy Family and my Temple of Art, with all the skill I intend to attain. [10]
He had no sense of responsibility; his mind loved talent, skill, and cleverness, and though it was scathing of all usual ethics, for the crude, honest life of the poor it had sympathy. [11]
But he could see, all the same, that he had caught her fancy, and he admired the skill with which she punished his neglect when they met in New York. [8]
The patch I scratched over for the turnips, and left as clean as earth, is already full of ambitious "pusley," which grows with all the confidence of youth and the skill of old age. [4]
The French, he says, have been celebrated chiefly for the skill of their chefs and their vaudeville actors, while in the disturbed 'speculum mundi' Americans have appeared as a collection of money grabbers whose philosophy is the dollar. [9]
Even then I saw fields of work which would occupy my mind, and such skill as I had, for many a year to come. [11]
To him, woman, save as a subject of his skill, was a closed book. [11]
Dr. Clark is said to have received a diploma before he came, for skill in lithotomy. [3]
He is as right as other historians who look for the explanation of historic events in the will of one man; he is as right as the Russian historians who maintain that Napoleon was drawn to Moscow by the skill of the Russian commanders. [2]
These were afterwards replaced with skill by the ship's carpenter, Able Seaman Grits Jarvis. [9]
Yes, in the reaction, it was almost on my tongue to say yes to you, for you are a good talker, you had skill in much that you did, and with honest advice from a wife might do much more. [11]
So much of professional military skill is requisite to answer it that I have turned the task over to General Halleck. [7]
He had no profession, no trade, no skill except with his sword; and as he neared London Town--when they left Hendon--he saw the smoke rising in the early winter morning and the business of life spread out before him, brave and buoyant. [11]
Dr. Peyton, a principal physician, and rich in all the attributes that go to constitute high and flawless character, did all that educated judgment and trained skill could do for Henry; but, as the newspapers had said in the beginning, his hurts were past help. [5]
All that was possible to medical skill had been done. [11]
So the penknife played an important part on every writing-desk, and it was impossible to imagine a good penman who did not possess skill in the art of shaping the quills. [10]
If he had operated thrice successfully on bad men, on whose bodies he had been permitted to try his skill, he was pronounced "capable for ever. [10]

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