How to Use adept in a Sentence

adept

adjective
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  • He's adept in several languages.
  • Joveljić is adept with both legs and, at 5-foot-9, is good in the air.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Has ball skills; tracks it in the air and is adept on making plays.
    — The Kansas City Star, kansascity.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • So far, Rutschman has proven to be adept at both for the Orioles.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • In the end, Tsien proved more adept at dealing with mice than men.
    — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Oake was not adept enough with that sleight of hand either.
    — Eduardo Gonzalez, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
  • And while the tool is adept for getting the job done, it wasn’t designed for our hair.
    — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 28 Aug. 2019
  • But the railway has proven adept at cost-cutting in the past, the report said.
    — Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 10 June 2020
  • The Buccaneers’ front seven is stout and adept against the run and pass.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The Azov Brigade is one of Ukraine’s most adept military units.
    — Nick Parker, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
  • AHAs are much more adept at smoothing the texture of your skin.
    — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 30 Mar. 2018
  • James is as adept as anyone in the NBA at hunting matchups.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2021
  • The group also is adept at Creole blues and the folk-dance flavor of mazurkas.
    — Bob Kostanczuk, Post-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Putin, of course, has never been very adept at playing the long game.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The team’s front office has not been as adept as its marketers.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The 49ers are not only a team of stars on the field, but are pretty adept at the microphone.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Naperville North’s Bryce Welch is getting more adept at letting the game come to him.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Mann is, first, a supremely gifted storyteller, adept at the slow windup and the rapid turn of the screw.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The Rams have thus far proved adept at limiting big plays.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2019
  • He was adept at hitting short- to mid-range receivers in stride.
    — Randy Peterson, USA TODAY, 2 May 2022
  • That will slow the pace of disruption for even the most adept newcomer.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • But how adept are children and teens at spreading the disease?
    — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Your husband seems to be adept at getting his needs met.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Antonoff is a rare exception: eager to talk about the work, able to take a joke, adept at reading the room.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • So far, Pulisic has been adept at ignoring the pressure that comes with it.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • Marshall is just as adept on special teams as the Blazers.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Tagovailoa’s quick feet and sleight of hand skills allow him to be adept at this style.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • That leaves little margin for error against teams more adept at driving the ball out of the park.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The researchers found that their rodent subjects were adept at both tasks.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Small talk is boring, and becoming less adept with it may not be such a loss.
    — Dan Ariely, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021

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