How to Use skill in a Sentence

skill

noun

• Poker is a game of luck and skill.
• The work is difficult and requires a lot of skill.
• Cooking is a useful skill.
• He has excellent social skills.
• Their gear is tied to new skills.
  — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Horn isn’t known for his ball skills.
  — Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
• The same is true for lots of skills.
  — CNN Money, 4 June 2026
• There’s a lot of skills that are just craft.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
• The skills that got you here are not things to grow out of.
  — Monica Cutia, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• But in terms of his skills as a passer?
  — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• The tradeoff is time and skill.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
• Halley has many of these skills.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
• The skill is learning to see them.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
• Knife skills are just table stakes.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2026
• No need to saunter over with skills already.
  — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
• That is, after all, a spy’s skill.
  — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
• One of the first skills that good girls learn is how to read the room.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2020
• Go for a walk, make a list of your goals, work on a new skill.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 6 May 2021
• Lay out your goals, then tackle them with skill!
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
• All the stuff in here, there’s skills like anything else.
  — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
• Theron didn’t come in with a bunch of extreme-sports skills.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
• Pick a task that fits your available time, skills, and tools.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 May 2026
• For him, his work is more than just a feat of artistic skill.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• The skills that built your business are not the skills that sell it.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• But what struck me more than her skills with dairy were her children.
  — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
• Some think they may be called up to fight and want a useful skill.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• Smith’s range, eyes and ball skills were on display on this play.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 17 June 2026
• Get ready to put your frosting skills to the test in the next step.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2023
• Azaria praised his late friend’s comedic skills in the tribute, too.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
• Davis hasn’t played in a game for Auburn but has a lot of skill.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 14 Mar. 2022