Wondering how to use Skilful in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as adept or expert.
Skilful meaning
Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
Using Skilful
- The main meaning on this page is: Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
- Useful related words include: adept, expert, good, practiced.
- In the example corpus, skilful often appears in combinations such as: and skilful, the skilful, skilful winger.
Context around Skilful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skilful
- In this selection, "skilful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, confident, extremely, women, winger, dancer and win stand out and add context to how "skilful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a skilful young inverclyde and after some skilful play from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skilful" sits close to words such as aarp, abdi and abuzz, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skilful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But, you are confident, skilful, and know your strengths very well. (11 words)
Milos K was a rock in defence, repelling a skilful opposition. (11 words)
Yet the exact number of dwellings designed by his skilful hands remains uncertain. (13 words)
They played a very quick and skilful game but had to work hard to retain the ball as Arran’s solid midfield of captain Lynda Fenton, Kayla Hewie, Ellie and Elyse used all their skills and determination to tackle and block the running presses. (44 words)
Fatma, an experienced and skilful dancer based at Greasby on the Wirral, was invited by manager Emma George to go through some of the hypnotic routines of which she learned the well-guarded secrets during a spell of living in Turkey. (41 words)
Goodman now has the opportunity to win a first first world title after Sunday's skilful win elevated the 24-year-old to the WBO's mandatory top-ranked challenger to Filipino Marlon Tapales. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fatma, an experienced and skilful dancer based at Greasby on the Wirral, was invited by manager Emma George to go through some of the hypnotic routines of which she learned the well-guarded secrets during a spell of living in Turkey.
Goodman now has the opportunity to win a first first world title after Sunday's skilful win elevated the 24-year-old to the WBO's mandatory top-ranked challenger to Filipino Marlon Tapales.
Kilmallie’s Kian Cameron as he is without a doubt one of the most skilful players with the ball at his stick.
The match, filled with moments of intensity and skilful plays, highlighted the competitiveness and sportsmanship of both teams.
The principles of the game - fast-paced, flamboyant shots, hard-hitting and skilful bowling variations - have become commonplace in modern cricket, particularly T20.
The skilful forward claimed a double as the Blues halted a five-match winless run in style.
The skilful seamer ended with 4/21 as she produced a classic performance, ripping out the visitors' openers in her first spell and then coming back to scalp two middle-order victims.
The skilful winger scored 40 goals in 230 outings before leaving on loan back to his former club Sporting Lisbon.
The slow pace football of tropical climes does not help them as they have not developed the footballing skills and skilful footwork to beat their markers.
They played a very quick and skilful game but had to work hard to retain the ball as Arran’s solid midfield of captain Lynda Fenton, Kayla Hewie, Ellie and Elyse used all their skills and determination to tackle and block the running presses.
Two minutes later, Robertson claimed his second after some skilful play from Yoxon in the middle set him up for another close range finish.
Yet the exact number of dwellings designed by his skilful hands remains uncertain.
A SKILFUL young Inverclyde chef cooked up a storm to secure a place in the national final stage of a prestigious cooking contest.
But, you are confident, skilful, and know your strengths very well.
In what was a very close match with some extremely skilful performances on display, Bridport scored first after some great interplay led to an excellent shot from Cole Cuff.
Lacey has dealt with her predicament head on with the devotion and understanding that one would expect from a loving mother and the humour that one would expect from a skilful comedian.
Milos K was a rock in defence, repelling a skilful opposition.
Rapid and skilful winger was beset by injury problems but had shown he could be a real entertainer when he was fit.
Schwartz’s way with words is as skilful as his wielding of microscissors.
The programme featured a sharing session by the trainer, who expressed gratitude for the opportunity to train others and share knowledge, contributing to making women skilful, independent, and empowered to achieve their potential.
Common combinations with skilful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and skilful 14×
- the skilful 10×
- skilful winger 3×
- as skilful 3×
- very skilful 3×
- most skilful 2×
- skilful players 2×
- his skilful 2×
- skilful and 2×
- of skilful 2×