How to Use mastery in a Sentence

mastery

noun

• He struggled to gain mastery of his fears.
• We were impressed by her mastery of the subject.
• She achieved a complete mastery of French.
• Centeno is a chef to watch for his mastery of the grill.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022
• Builders and framers gained a new level of mastery over the worksite.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
• There is an act of re-traversing a space and gaining mastery of space.
  — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• But both their art and their home are defined by play as well as rigor, a mastery over shape and form.
  — Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• Besides his mastery of food, Chef George has a great sense of humor.
  — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• Daniel Bernstrom has won read-aloud awards, and his mastery is on display here.
  — Tegan Tigani, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2022
• The exhilaration of Ohtani’s mastery built among the crowd as the innings wore on, each pitch more precious than the last.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• The play’s writing had a mastery to it, a hard rhythm that was still pulsing in my heart, and running down into my shoes.
  — Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2022
• As for Smith, his mastery of negative space is in full effect.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• Tena’s mother was a French teacher, which explains her mastery of the language.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• His grill mastery won him the TV championship and earned his restaurant a spot on Eater's best in America list.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022
• Polygon’s bootcamp will have two tracks: a beginners track and a mastery track.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022
• The half-dozen pieces here show a mastery of firing and glaze that establish Leigh as an expert maker.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• This can include skills mastery, goal achievement or next steps on the career ladder.
  — Yec, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Among Asian and white eighth graders, who scored highest overall, about 15 to 20 percent have not achieved partial mastery.
  — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2022
• Hawkings’s first outing demonstrated his mastery of Ford’s codes; the louche suiting and the body-con evening were present and correct.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• Couture is about mastery of craftsmanship, which is a kind of control.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024
• Winner of the 2021 National League Cy Young thanks to his mastery of the cut fastball and eye-popping strikeout totals.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
• No matter the platform, success in the creative economy comes down to mastery.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
• Don’t let the clock’s high concept distract you from the technical mastery that went into its creation, though.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
• About 6,000 of those people don’t have a full mastery of the language but do have intermediate skills.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
• And then there are shows that dazzle you early on with their beauty, their mastery, their confidence.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Among Asian and white eighth graders, who scored highest overall, about 15 percent to 20 percent have not achieved partial mastery.
  — Sarah Mervosh, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
• The superhero, whose origins go back to 1940, is known for having wings and her mastery of archaic weaponry such as swords, spears and maces.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• For now, much of the Heat’s primary offensive success is coming inside the arc, through the pick-and-roll mastery of Herro and Adebayo.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
• But Beck’s mastery began a lot earlier than that, Butcher adds.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• But in his effortless mastery, J.I.D. stands for a future worth believing in.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024