How to Use dexterous in a Sentence

dexterous

adjective

• The movie is a dexterous retelling of a classic love story.
• They praised her dexterous handling of the crisis.
• DJs quickly learned to mix those records with dexterous groove, and soon the DJ became the ruler of the dance floor.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2017
• Lacking dexterous limbs, of course, the whales can’t do this.
  — Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2022
• Many straight women forgo longer styles to be more dexterous at their jobs or just like the look.
  — Shelby Wax, Allure, 14 Sep. 2023
• Powerful and dexterous in the booth, the Bada$$ has established his place in hip-hop.
  — Rachel George, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2018
• He’s impressed by her ability to scale the wall like a dexterous koala.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Using their dexterous trunks, the adults were munching on the bushy ends of branches like broccoli.
  — Brent Stirton, National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2017
• Some winter workout gloves are too thick and not dexterous enough for tasks like tying your shoes.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
• Our gifts of depth perception, dexterous hands and more can be drawn back to a time much closer to the dinosaurian heyday than the present.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2022
• In the first movement his fluid, dexterous turns in the midst of rapid passagework impressed.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
• Hence the grooves, which are among the most dexterous and unabashedly danceable of Garbus’ career.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Rock, for his part, remained standing after eating that slap, a credit to a strong chin and a dexterous neck.
  — Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
• Talk about low stakes for one of the most dexterous filmmakers in Hollywood.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2021
• His first albums, built on country blues foundations, shook with dexterous picking and a voice that keened and yipped and roared.
  — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• At its peak, the flax mill employed 800 people, at least half of them children and young women — workers with small dexterous hands.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Gift of Gab, the verbally dexterous rapper known as half of the Bay Area hip hip duo Blackalicious, has died.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 25 June 2021
• The clips, shot by users, range from a dexterous noodle-maker in Chongqing to a shimmying peacock in a bamboo grove, all set to music.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• But Voigt has the perfect voice for these pieces: burnished and golden in its lower reaches, yet focused and dexterous when the text and music call for it.
  — Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
• The dexterous hovercraft leapfrogs all this, cutting the overall journey time in half.
  — CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
• Yuno Miles' ostrich-squeal-rap is built around dexterous and inventive flows.
  — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Jan. 2024
• Elephants are known for their strong and dexterous trunks that can deftly peel bananas, suction up tortilla chips and lift hundreds of pounds of weight.
  — Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
• In Tesla’s case, the human body and brain proved, for the time being, more dexterous at running wires and hoses through a car’s machined parts and knitting them all together.
  — Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
• Nonetheless, the 303 Gallery gave the multi-dexterous Mary Heilmann the run of its booth, filled with her ceramics, furniture and paintings in tones of red and pink.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018
• Equal parts lithe and toned, every pair of superhuman, crescent jumping limbs was more dexterous than the next.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2022
• Includes dexterous and inviting acidity, suave tannins and a midpalate of juicy red and black fruit.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• At 15 years old, Gaziano & Girling—a shoemaker known for its striking designs and dexterous, comfortable lasts—is the youngest brand in the collective..
  — Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
• Yucca moths use their dexterous jaw appendages to collect pollen from Joshua tree flowers and deposit it on the female parts of each flower as the moth moves between blooms.
  — Sam Schipani, Smithsonian, 10 Aug. 2017
• Jennifer Garner’s house is a dexterous blend of farmhouse charm and contemporary comfort.
  — Ariel Foxman, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2024
• Because the thing about the bio embodiment is that the human fingers, for example, are unbelievably dexterous.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024