How to Use talent in a Sentence

talent

noun
  • They sang a duet in the talent show.
  • She has a job that makes the most of her talents.
  • The team has recruited some of the best talent around.
  • The company is doing a talent search to find the right person for the job.
  • There are many good players on the team, but she's a special talent.
  • Her artistic talent has been obvious ever since she was a child.
  • The company has hired some expensive legal talent for the trial.
  • I have no musical talent.
  • His experience, skills, and talents make him perfectly suited for the job.
  • It’s one thing to have the talent, but what is the mind-set?
    Craig Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Dafna draws and loves to sing and has a talent for arts and crafts.
    NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • There’s nothing quite like a Broadway show—and all of the grandeur and talent that comes with it.
    Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The teams seem evenly matched from a talent standpoint.
    Rex Nelson, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • And the probe comes with trust in BBC talent plummeting.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • But their passing game, short on talent to begin with, lost steam as the year went on.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a surge of young talent taking the blues in fresh directions.
    Joe Bonamassa, Spin, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Sox need a lot more talent in the system to get this rebuild off the ground, and no player would net more than Robert.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • Against the Rangers, who have talent and skill and plenty of playoff dreams of their own, Swayman stepped up a notch.
    Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Somehow, the scheme has turned Derwin James, a great talent, into just a guy.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But this team has too much talent for this season to swirl completely down the drain.
    Kathy Laughlin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Things broke nicely for the Academy in terms of big-name talent, too.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Filling their shoes won’t be easy, but there’s still plenty of talent on the roster.
    Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • That was his greatest talent, knowing who to hire, who should be on this date, who should play this part.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The city also breeds a lot of musical talent, said Drew.
    Carmela Guaglianone, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Recognize it as a testament to the amount of high-end talent in the NBA today.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
  • This gives you an edge in recruiting and bringing in top talent.
    Kara Dennison, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Getting a roster spot at TWU is tough because of the amount of in-state talent, but Isbell did so.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • That kind of artistic integrity and talent isn’t learned, Vince just has it.
    Quinta Brunson, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Stefanovic didn’t need to play a starring role given the abundance of talent around him.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Malzahn was hired partly to bring stability to the program, but his decision-making, talent evaluation and personnel moves have been rash and unsound.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'talent.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: