Definition of FLUENCY

Examples of fluency in a Sentence

She speaks with great fluency. Students must demonstrate fluency in a foreign language to earn a degree. a dancer known for her fluency and grace He plays the piano with speed and fluency.

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His fluency in Spanish helped him land a posting in Havana, where his reporting on the Fidel Castro regime drew the attention of NBC and, eventually, led the communist government to force him from Cuba. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, "Richard Valeriani, NBC News correspondent bludgeoned for civil rights coverage, dies at 85," 19 June 2018 His fluency in Spanish helped him land a posting in Havana, where his reporting on the Fidel Castro government drew the attention of NBC and, eventually, led Cuban authorities to force him from the country. — Washington Post, latimes.com, "Richard Valeriani, NBC News correspondent bludgeoned for civil rights coverage, dies at 85," 20 June 2018 Access to the shortcuts and other functions added a fluency to using Photoshop that a regular tablet would lack. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "HP’s ZBook x2: It’s powerful, it’s specialized, and it’s very expensive," 27 May 2018 The Texas Civil Rights Project said Perez-Domingo has a limited fluency in Spanish, and his primary language is Mam, an indigenous language in Guatemala. — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, "Rights group claims family separations continue at border, despite Trump's executive order," 13 July 2018 At a time when police were moving toward more community interaction, Reyes, whose father is Mexican-American and whose mother is white, started on the street as a patrol officer, applying his fluency in Spanish to the job. — Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times, "‘He’s just a doer’: Meet Seattle police-chief candidate Ely Reyes," 9 July 2018 Immigrants have been serving in the U.S. military since the country’s founding, but recent programs have encouraged the enlistment of those with medical specialization or certain language fluency. — Renae Reints, Fortune, "The U.S. Army Is Abruptly Discharging Immigrant Enlistees Previously Headed Toward Citizenship, Lawyers Say," 6 July 2018 Their queries were clumsy, demonstrating limited fluency in the workings of social media and its jargon. — Nash Jenkins, Time, "The Mark Zuckerberg vs. Ted Cruz Showdown Was the Most Explosive Part of Today's Facebook Testimony," 10 Apr. 2018 What’s blessedly the same: the dry sense of humor, the luscious visual style established by the frequent director Hiro Murai and the writers’ effortless fluency with social media’s language and quirks. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: ‘Atlanta’ and the Surreal Larceny of Life," 28 Feb. 2018

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