How to Use skilled in a Sentence

skilled

adjective

• He is skilled at cooking.
• Carpentry is a skilled trade.
• Looney’s too steady and skilled to not be a part of whatever comes next.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
• The biggest drawback is that there isn’t enough skilled labor to achieve this.
  — Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
• In other words, there’s a big gap between what skilled coders earn per hour and what a beat cop earns.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
• Leopards are bigger, bulkier and stronger than cheetahs and are skilled in the art of stealth.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
• The process depends, of course, on the direction of an extremely skilled taster, or team of tasters.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 26 Aug. 2023
• One of the key missions of the Space Force is to train troops skilled in detecting and defending against those threats.
  — Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
• Working from these samples, a skilled weaver used a Jacquard loom to replicate the brilliant red-and-white design.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
• Clinics need skilled doctors who know how to do abortions well.
  — Amy Pedulla, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
• Only a handful of vets around the country are skilled enough to do this type of surgery on exotic cats, and Dr. Ryan Sadler is one of them.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
• The result is an assembly of animals that are skilled at making sound, and a whole, whole lot of it.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
• Meet and shop from skilled artisans and merchants who have searched the world for unique gems, beads and antiquities.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• Worcester North: Pettway is a quick and skilled guard capable of scoring at all three levels.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• To qualify, dancers needed to be skilled in tap, modern, jazz and ballet.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• Garot, a mother of two, now requires around-the-clock care at a skilled nursing facility.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
• Feyre, who is 19 and a skilled hunter, is trying and failing to provide for her starving family.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2024
• Does this mean that the teachers were skilled in understanding the nervous systems of young children?
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• The exact date of when production and skilled trade employees will retire will vary.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
• The difference between Brown and Jayson Tatum is Tatum always has been considered the more skilled player.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• Given the choice, though, of a veteran team with a young skilled goaltender vs. a young team with a veteran goalie still trying to prove himself?
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
• While some people might see them as a nuisance, the adoption of trekking poles by skilled hikers has shown that there are real advantages to their use.
  — Lindsey Lapointe, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The new operation was more or less a joint venture, run by the Israelites and staffed by skilled Phoenician workers who held the secrets to making the dye, Dr. Shalvi said.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• With their rapid expansion over the past decade, there has been a shortage of skilled maintenance technicians.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
• This moment led to countless opportunities for the skilled dancer.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2023
• Because there is a smaller pool of the highest skilled women, they’re considered even more crucial to their teams and their departure comes at a high cost.
  — Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023
• While many students view skilled trades as a promising career path, only 16% are highly inclined to pursue it.
  — Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
• But starting a fight with a huge in-state employer that produces billions in economic impact and that has a large and skilled legal team is no small thing.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023
• In just four months, the couple and their skilled team have already given the 8-acre property a complete renovation and hoisted it back up for sale.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024