How to Use adept in a Sentence

adept

1 of 2 adjective
  • He's adept in several languages.
  • So our agents are very adept at dealing with this.
    — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Has ball skills; tracks it in the air and is adept on making plays.
    — The Kansas City Star, kansascity.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • But Swifties are just as adept at that skill as Holmes.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Others might not be as adept at doing so.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Joveljić is adept with both legs and, at 5-foot-9, is good in the air.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The Mets haven’t been adept at those plays this season.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But water hampers even the most adept dog.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The team’s front office has not been as adept as its marketers.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2021
  • In the end, Tsien proved more adept at dealing with mice than men.
    — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 20 Jan. 2022
  • He’s proven adept at his new position.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Alex Caruso is adept at pick-6s.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Putin, of course, has never been very adept at playing the long game.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Rey is adept at finding the gaps and being in the right place at the right time.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • 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 Weir wasn’t adept in only bluesy numbers.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But how adept are children and teens at spreading the disease?
    — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • So far, Rutschman has proven to be adept at both for the Orioles.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • The Padres have certainly proved adept at prospect churn.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Small talk is boring, and becoming less adept with it may not be such a loss.
    — Dan Ariely, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The researchers found that their rodent subjects were adept at both tasks.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In many species, the males are just as adept at parenting as the females.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 20 June 2026
  • But the railway has proven adept at cost-cutting in the past, the report said.
    — Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 10 June 2020
  • This group also proved adept at singing, with each voice being clearly well trained.
    — Trevor Moore, charlotteobserver, 20 May 2018
  • The rotation, though, was never quite adept in that area at any point in the year.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Meynecke's footage showed just how adept the sucker fish are at riding on the whales.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Jelly was equally adept at the lighter moments.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
  • AHAs are much more adept at smoothing the texture of your skin.
    — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 30 Mar. 2018
  • So why not bring in somebody so adept with slapstick and goofy visual humor?
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 July 2018
  • That will slow the pace of disruption for even the most adept newcomer.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 28 June 2018

adept

2 of 2 noun
  • Is adept at throwing fade balls and touch throws in the back of the end zone.
    — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Is adept at reading defenses pre-snap and audibling out of bad plays.
    — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 26 Aug. 2017
  • None has proven as adept at expanding profit margins as Kraft Heinz.
    — Greg Trotter, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
  • Some of that is a savvy front office, but that has to go hand-in-hand with a coaching staff adept at player development.
    — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 8 May 2018
  • Around him, dense as a swarm of tiny insects, float tiny images of fellow adepts engaged in all manner of outré shenanigans.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But if the destination is appealing and the driver adept, the journey is bound to be worth taking.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Broome and Jenifer aren’t yet Caupain, but are becoming adept at driving and dishing.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The staff is thoroughly trained on the list, adept with suggesting pairings and eager to pour tastes for uncertain guests.
    — Kate Washington, sacbee, 11 May 2018
  • The libero is usually a defensive specialist adept at passing.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Still though, the dietary differences alone aren’t sufficient to explain what makes snakes so evolutionary adept.
    — Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
  • As ever, Mr Putin proved adept at taking advantage of American mistakes.
    — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Due to its wing shape, Confuciusornis was likely a fast, yet rigid flyer and not a slow, agile one adept at maneuvering through the forest.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Martin has even mentioned having the 6-foot-11 Porter, with his adept passing skills, bring the ball upcourt to initiate offense.
    — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 28 June 2018
  • Terence Nicholson, the former manager of the gallery and a martial-arts adept, subtracts the pop-culture element with a shadowy video of real kung fu moves.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In a company full of sharp elbows and big egos, the animator distinguished himself as an introvert adept at bringing a level of emotional depth to his films.
    — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 19 June 2018
  • The Volvo is a reasonably able cargo-toter, but the interior dimensions are a little less adept at carrying people.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2018
  • For his part, Hader says one of his biggest challenges was keeping up with his cast as an actor, and part of that process in playing Barry was becoming adept with looking awful at it.
    — Chris Barton, latimes.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Andela is now accepting applications from senior developers across the continent adept in the most in-demand web frameworks and program languages.
    — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 1 July 2020
  • Second, Keim and his scouting staff proved adept at adding key players throughout the summer and fall, which helped the Cardinals win 34 games in the first three seasons of his tenure.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The result is that just these English words, representing just this original document, make for a new and somewhat undiscovered book, even to Marxist adepts.
    — Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Ross’ admirers include Craig Newmark, founder and namesake of Craigslist, an entrepreneur adept at using technology to shake up the status quo.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2018
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mission changes from ending the future of humanity to ensuring its survival, from killing the mother to protecting the son from an assassin adept at quicksilver.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The younger Aes Sedai adept is busy learning the ways of walking in Tel’aran’rhiod, the dreamworld overlaid atop the real one and parallel to the regular, non-magical dreams most people experience.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Trump, another New York billionaire adept in handling the hometown press, took particular glee in watching Bloomberg's performance Wednesday, two people who spoke to him said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Brain activity of the creative adepts and controls was similar when imagining the next 24 hours but to the researchers’ surprise, the creative group alone engaged the dorsomedial default network when imagining events further into the future.
    — Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American, 22 May 2019
  • He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Payton’s strong solos on piano and trumpet bracketed an extended bass solo by Spalding that was especially energetic, impassioned, and adept, Carrington accenting her partners’ work throughout with brilliant freestyle drumming.
    — Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018

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