How to Use virtuosity in a Sentence

virtuosity

noun
  • Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing.
  • That was one tool in her kit, a part of her sneaky virtuosity.
    — Vulture, 3 Jan. 2023
  • There’s this virtuosity in your work that brings things to life.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 July 2023
  • Stewart doesn’t charm us through sheer virtuosity in the way Hines was able to do.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • Is virtuosity, on its own, enough?
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Of course, there’s lots of notes and virtuosity and the last movement shows him as a master of dance, of ballet.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Gold, lapis lazuli, and virtuosity abound.
    — Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
  • But the age-old yearning for dazzlement and virtuosity is alive and well.
    — Lonnie Shekhtman, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2017
  • Rainbow was wise to throw a spotlight on his verbal virtuosity.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • His virtuosity as a world-class vocalist was second to none.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • On the level of virtuosity alone, the film laps most other white-knuckling actions films.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
  • There’s some virtuosity in there somewhere, too.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • One of the ultimate tests of virtuosity for a shokuhin sampuru maker is said to be whipped cream.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • People are quick to cite his brilliance, legendary work ethic – the man didn’t sleep – and virtuosity.
    — Rashad Shabazz, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Stuart is known for his tasty virtuosity on guitar and mandolin and has spent a lifetime keeping roots sounds present tense.
    — Erika Mailman, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The virtuosity came in the form of a golden handshake, the documents show.
    — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The live set showcases Bob’s virtuosity at rock & roll trash.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Not that any of the composers specified so high a degree of power and virtuosity.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • With that in mind, raw vegetables rose to rule the roost in terms of nutritional virtuosity.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 31 July 2023
  • And don’t think the orchestra slacked off; this isn’t the sort of work where the musicians can hide behind the soloist’s virtuosity.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Curry had the 57-42 edge in points and, once again, left viewers stunned at the virtuosity of his game.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Torsade is a way to express once again virtuosity at the service of storytelling.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Snook’s virtuosity is such that all three, whether live or recorded or both at once, are convincing and compelling, at least in the first of the play’s two hours.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Grand Duo flaunts its virtuosity in a way that Chopin never pursued again.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In any case, isn’t there a sense in which virtuosity, combined with nonchalance, is its own form of profundity?
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • This album is great because of the musical virtuosity of the band, who give this album energy and life!
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Garcia gave the band virtuosity; Lesh, with his avant-garde training, gave it ambition.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Eventually, though, even the greatest feat of virtuosity must bump up against the laws of gravity.
    — Yascha Mounk, Slate Magazine, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Jones’ all-over-the-keys virtuosity dominates, but Penn is not shy about producing a fat tone and vivid attacks.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • But unlike the Springsteen record of yore, there is a level of acoustic guitar virtuosity here that is a big part of the appeal.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025

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