How to Use dexterous in a Sentence

dexterous

adjective
  • The movie is a dexterous retelling of a classic love story.
  • They praised her dexterous handling of the crisis.
  • Lacking dexterous limbs, of course, the whales can’t do this.
    — Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Some winter workout gloves are too thick and not dexterous enough for tasks like tying your shoes.
    — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Using their dexterous trunks, the adults were munching on the bushy ends of branches like broccoli.
    — Brent Stirton, National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2017
  • Yuno Miles' ostrich-squeal-rap is built around dexterous and inventive flows.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Rock, for his part, remained standing after eating that slap, a credit to a strong chin and a dexterous neck.
    — Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
  • One of the most remarkable features of the K2 is its dexterous hands.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Creed video game, a bottle that gamers should have no problem opening given their dexterous fingers.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022
  • In the first movement his fluid, dexterous turns in the midst of rapid passagework impressed.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • Talk about low stakes for one of the most dexterous filmmakers in Hollywood.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2021
  • His first albums, built on country blues foundations, shook with dexterous picking and a voice that keened and yipped and roared.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • His first albums, built on country blues foundations, shook with dexterous picking and a voice that keened and yipped and roared.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Powerful and dexterous in the booth, the Bada$$ has established his place in hip-hop.
    — Rachel George, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The dexterous hovercraft leapfrogs all this, cutting the overall journey time in half.
    — CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Equal parts lithe and toned, every pair of superhuman, crescent jumping limbs was more dexterous than the next.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Equal parts lithe and toned, every pair of superhuman, crescent jumping limbs was more dexterous than the next.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Includes dexterous and inviting acidity, suave tannins and a midpalate of juicy red and black fruit.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • Our gifts of depth perception, dexterous hands and more can be drawn back to a time much closer to the dinosaurian heyday than the present.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Equipped with dexterous whiskers, these pinnipeds use a suite of senses to navigate their surroundings with ease.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
  • DJs quickly learned to mix those records with dexterous groove, and soon the DJ became the ruler of the dance floor.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Elephants are known for their strong and dexterous trunks that can deftly peel bananas, suction up tortilla chips and lift hundreds of pounds of weight.
    — Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Hence the grooves, which are among the most dexterous and unabashedly danceable of Garbus’ career.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But if his gestures were free-floating, his linguistic prowess remained dense and dexterous.
    — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Each of its dexterous hands has 36 degrees of freedom and enables more precise movements.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Where Trump is volatile and distractible, Gorsuch is principled and dexterous.
    — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
  • At its peak, the flax mill employed 800 people, at least half of them children and young women — workers with small dexterous hands.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • As for Haddington, its robot arm is considered one of the most light-weight and dexterous currently being sold.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Schultz brings digitalism back to its dexterous roots, paying homage to the hands that assembled the virtual realm.
    — Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
  • Like any dexterous toddler, Lindsay would have moved her hands around while riding her mother’s back — but Beryl is missing an eye.
    — Brandon Keim, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

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