Then, with a deft hand for imparting suspense, he starts adjusting downward.

Disguising an insult with the false beard of flattery requires a deft hand.

The recent influx of new families to the area means that local agents now have to be a deft hand at childcare if they want to sell any houses.

He played a deft hand.

And maybe with a wry, intelligent eye and deft hand, it might have been.

Deft handling of both would immeasurably improve his standing; any further stumbles are likely to be treated harshly.

Her deft handling of this travel yarn makes the dream a compelling one.

It will, however, require deft handling.

There are other areas that will require deft handling if clients are not to feel so uncomfortable that they take their business elsewhere.

We witness his deft handling of family tensions, see him drinking with his buddies, watch his marriage evolve, then unravel and renew itself.

In his hands lie magic, the gift that enables him to play the most deft strokes of 30 feet with as much ease as he crashes a drive 300 yards.

Nearly a hundred characters walk its pages, and even the lowliest ones making the briefest of appearances are rendered with deft strokes.

He equally disliked 'flabby' reviews, which he would trim into something publishable with a few deft strokes of his pen.

He has shown a deft touch in appealing to young, disaffected and floating voters disgusted with the political class.

She certainly deploys restraint and interjection with a similarly deft touch.

They don't talk so much about their skill, their deft touch.

One deft touch with his left boot controlled the ball and moved it into space.

He showed a deft touch by insisting on the inclusion of gift shops and restaurants, innovations that have subsequently become commonplace at historic houses.

The compactness of the piece and its deft use of a pair of male narrators commanded attention, even if the music, on the whole, did not.

Peach and pear flavours are enhanced by the deft use of oak.

Many of his works have deft use of imitative counterpoint and impressionistic harmony.

His deft use of a single location, his intelligent handling of his ensemble cast and his graceful camera work mark this as a true return to form.

What had been gained by deft exploitation of mob violence in 1747, could be taken away by equally deft use of popular unrest in the early and middle 1780s.