How to Use skilled in a Sentence

skilled

adjective

• He is skilled at cooking.
• Carpentry is a skilled trade.
• Looney’s too steady and skilled to not be a part of whatever comes next.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
• Like all volunteers, Nesbitt doesn't take the place of the skilled chefs.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
• The tech workforce is full of skilled workers on visas who flock from around the globe to get a slice of tech wealth.
  — Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 16 July 2024
• Soon, Silver joined an army of skilled craftsmen from around the world and went to the building’s aid.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
• The biggest drawback is that there isn’t enough skilled labor to achieve this.
  — Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
• Instead, the Heat sees Ware as a skilled big who has the potential to space the floor with his three-point shot.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
• In less skilled hands, such constant nods to the past would feel pandering and lazy.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• In other words, there’s a big gap between what skilled coders earn per hour and what a beat cop earns.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
• The problem now is finding enough skilled workers to keep up.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
• Leopards are bigger, bulkier and stronger than cheetahs and are skilled in the art of stealth.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
• The process depends, of course, on the direction of an extremely skilled taster, or team of tasters.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 26 Aug. 2023
• Some patients at the skilled nursing facility, one of the largest in the U.S., have lived there for decades.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2022
• One of the key missions of the Space Force is to train troops skilled in detecting and defending against those threats.
  — Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• Cleveland youths become the skilled workers in the building trades.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 June 2022
• The skilled likes of Peggy Roeder and Leah Morrow are also on hand.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
• As a soccer player, Fredrickson said, Issa was skilled and crafty with the ball.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022
• While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
• People should look at the records of these two and base their vote on that, not who has dementia or which one is a more skilled liar.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• Known as some of the most skilled and fierce warriors in the world, the Gurkhas have impressed (and terrified) everyone around them.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2022
• For the record, there are plenty of skilled public defenders out there.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
• Working from these samples, a skilled weaver used a Jacquard loom to replicate the brilliant red-and-white design.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
• What can the city and region do to enhance the quality of life to attract skilled talent?
  — Jeff Grabow, Fortune, 27 May 2022
• Clinics need skilled doctors who know how to do abortions well.
  — Amy Pedulla, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
• The shortages of skilled personnel in B2B domains are well known.
  — Loredana Niculae, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• The program aims to prepare students for a career in the skilled trades, which have a labor shortage.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• Only a handful of vets around the country are skilled enough to do this type of surgery on exotic cats, and Dr. Ryan Sadler is one of them.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
• Trump has already shown a willingness to break with his grassroots supporters and side with Musk and tech companies over visas for skilled workers.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
• Feliz plays Samantha Reed who has been trained by her father to be a weapons expert, skilled martial artist and true chameleon all while hiding a mysterious past.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Feb 2025