SLEIGHT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SLEIGHT, such as:

1. The trick is done simply by sleight of hand.
2. The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.
3. Last year's profits were more the result of financial sleight of hand than genuine growth.
4. We now realize that much of Burt's research was presented with a statistical sleight of hand.
5. Then, stooping, he jerked the boy to his shoulders with an ease that looked like sleight of hand.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLEIGHT
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sleight
 n.  skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, stooping, he jerked the boy to his shoulders with an ease that looked like sleight of hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  Of all the wondrous devices and dexterities, the sleights of hand and countless subtleties, to which the veteran whaleman is so often forced, none exceed that fine manoeuvre with the lance called pitchpoling.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
Example Sentence:
1  Last year's profits were more the result of financial sleight of hand than genuine growth.
2  The trick is done simply by sleight of hand.
3  He accused Mr MacGregor of "sleight of hand".
4  We now realize that much of Burt's research was presented with a statistical sleight of hand.
5  The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.