TALENT in a Sentence

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1. My sister has a talent for music.
2. He was a boy of singular talent and fancy.
3. Her talent for music showed at an early age.
4. He has neither talent nor the desire to learn.
5. The scientist deserves recognition for his talent.

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 Meanings and Examples of TALENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
talent
 n.  skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment
Classic Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1  "Little Raphael," as her sisters called her, had a decided talent for drawing, and was never so happy as when copying flowers, designing fairies, or illustrating stories with queer specimens of art.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
2  Boys are trying enough to human patience, goodness knows, but girls are infinitely more so, especially to nervous gentlemen with tyrannical tempers and no more talent for teaching than Dr. Blimber.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
3  Yes, he has had an excellent education, and has much talent.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
4  So did mine, but I proved to her that I had talent by taking a few lessons privately, and then she was quite willing I should go on.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
5  It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
6  The girls do care for me, and I for them, and there's a great deal of kindness and sense and talent among them, in spite of what you call fashionable nonsense.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
7  That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
8  I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount to lofty eminence.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
9  You judge very properly," said Mr. Bennet, "and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
10  I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
11  For my own part, I could not avoid reflecting how universally this talent was spread, of drawing lectures in morality, or indeed rather matter of discontent and repining, from the quarrels we raise with nature.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
12  And one thing I might depend upon, that they would certainly tell me the truth, for lying was a talent of no use in the lower world.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VII.
13  I know very well, how little reputation is to be got by writings which require neither genius nor learning, nor indeed any other talent, except a good memory, or an exact journal.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER XII.
14  He was a boy of singular talent and fancy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
15  There only remained a resolution to return to my ancient studies and to devote myself to a science for which I believed myself to possess a natural talent.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
16  Her talent for music showed at an early age.
17  His energy and talent elevate him to godlike status.
18  This lack of jobs has resulted in a huge wastage of talent.
19  He has a lot of talent , and his work is fresh and interesting.
20  She discovered to her pleasure, a talent for making her fellow guests laugh.
21  To reach a high level of skill requires talent, dedication, and a lot of hard work.
22  He has neither talent nor the desire to learn.
23  The scientist deserves recognition for his talent.
24  My sister has a talent for music.
25  She was proud that her daughter had so much talent.
26  As well as the baby bonus scheme, Prime Minister says his government is to encourage more immigration as a way of bringing in more talent.
27  He is a lazy devil and keeps his talent in a napkin, with his ability and a little energy he could set the Thames on fire.
28  As good human resource manager, she has an eye for fresh talent.
29  The critics ignored his works during his lifetime; it was only after the posthumous publication of his last novel that they recognized his great talent.
30  Mozart's parents soon recognized young Wolfgang's innate talent for music.