How to Use deft in a Sentence

deft

adjective

• The photographer is known for her deft use of lighting.
• Texas rolled in the first set, overwhelming Kentucky with its size and deft skill around the net.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2021
• In Nguyen's deft writing, the truth is never so simple as one version of a story.
  — May-Lee Chai Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• Kenza built on this extra breathing room with her deft decorative touch.
  — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 28 Apr. 2021
• Elkin is deft but clear in reminding readers that there’s a distinction between badness and evil, or badness and hate.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
• Taylor Swift's fans have pieced together videos portraying the pop-music icon's deft handling of stage mishaps.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
• There are two new Happy Sport series being unveiled today that offer a deft blend of whimsy and charm.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• The band was part of a wave of earnest pop-rock that crossed genres, alternately praised as deft and open-hearted, or denigrated by critics as toothless soft-rock.
  — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 25 July 2024
• As such, the Tank Must SolarBeat watch is a deft blend of innovation and tradition.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• On a short corner, Dunn received the ball and took a deft touch to get around the Dash’s Nichelle Prince before launching a rocket from well outside the box.
  — oregonlive, 3 May 2021
• And surrendering a mere sixth-rounder for quarterback insurance the caliber of Teddy Bridgewater seems like a deft move.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 2 May 2021
• In deft transitions, each monologue bleeds into the next — a subtle but potent choice that literalizes the conversation the play hopes to facilitate.
  — Washington Post, 7 May 2021
• Despite some deft narrative footwork, there was no real evidence that Alex had ever been in touch with anyone from the Islamic State.
  — James Harkin, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• In Bohaljian’s deft portrayal, Mary chafes at her societal and marital confines in a manner that will be familiar to modern readers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2021
• Instead of, say, modifying an interest rate, and waiting for the effects of a credit contraction to trickle through the banking system and into the economy, a few deft phrase can do the trick.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• Their presence here reinforces what is already obvious: that Duccio displayed a deft hand at combining and recombining motifs and styles from others’ art, then putting his own spin on them.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
• Che tackles coronavirus-vaccine skepticism with a deft touch, doling out its sympathies carefully according to how good a reason a person has to distrust the government.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 10 May 2021
• Pulisic set up Weah for a deft finish in the 36th minute against the Welsh.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2022
• The cat made a deft U-turn, scampered out of the trap, and vanished.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• With deft strokes of her needle and thread, Lowe brought out the best of her clients.
  — Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 21 Dec. 2023
• Holiday was 4-for-20 and didn’t have a deft touch on his shots at the rim.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
• That’s not easy, and Williams guided the Suns through a long season with a deft touch.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
• Born in the Bahamas, Ms. Salomon had a scathing sense of humor and a deft hand at the stove.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2021
• The Heat’s big man is a deft passer, and Butler began working the open space of the lane.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
• Much of it, in the first half, is funny, deft, and dotted with suspense.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
• Few, if any, in the NBA are as deft in switches or one-on-one challenges.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2022
• Partly that lies in the quartet's deft approach to their work.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• But Matild Palace’s calling card is a deft balance of past and present.
  — Alia Akkam, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
• Such has been the deft calculus of Mr. Putin’s friendship with Mr. Xi.
  — Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2022
• The series is deft in capturing both the horrors and joys of high school.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024