How to Use skill in a Sentence

skill

1 of 2 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.
• One of the first skills that good girls learn is how to read the room.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2020
• Get ready to put your frosting skills to the test in the next step.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2023
• His fortune was to be in the right place at the right time with the right skills.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
• Or at the very least, a new go-to spot and a new skill.
  — Maria Del Russo, The Cut, 14 Mar. 2018
• That was the great skill of so many city columnists of yore.
  — Washington Post, 26 June 2021
• The program is five weeks long and open to all skill levels.
  — Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2022
• Go for a walk, make a list of your goals, work on a new skill.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 6 May 2021
• Some think they may be called up to fight and want a useful skill.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• The Red Sox could use some of that skill right about now.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2021
• Davis hasn’t played in a game for Auburn but has a lot of skill.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 14 Mar. 2022
• For him, his work is more than just a feat of artistic skill.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Never mind that his team could use his skill and will in a tight game.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• His dad loved the outdoors and taught his two sons camping skills.
  — Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
• All the while, fine motor skills are honed, and busy minds are soothed.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
• These kids may not have job skills or parental support.
  — Leah Asmelash, charlotteobserver, 12 July 2018
• Azaria praised his late friend’s comedic skills in the tribute, too.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
• The cockatoos’ new skill opens up a whole new resource for the birds.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 22 July 2021
• Hitting a baseball is the hardest skill to pull off in sports.
  — Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2020
• He’s got very good ball skills because he’s touched the ball his whole life.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 9 Aug. 2023
• Still, the Pacers' strength comes from their speed and their skill.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2022
• Search skills are the key not only to learning, but to learning how to learn.
  — Edward Tenner, Time, 26 June 2018
• Knowing their go-to soothers is a great life skill for children.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
• Wilson is back but his dual-threat skill isn’t the same.
  — Charles Hollis, al, 20 Nov. 2020
• This skill is an art nearly as old as the campfire itself.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 5 June 2020
• Like Tyler, Pixar may at some point need to learn a new skill.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2021
• Much of his skill can seem small-bore, old-fashioned in retelling.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019

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skill

2 of 2 verb

• What is an example of a program helping to skill and source talent for the company?
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2023
• Applied to a salary band, skills outside of a job description can be used to negotiate for the upper end of a range.
  — Rae Witte, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2023
• If Sterling continues to pursue her baking skills her next cake could be for her dad.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• Yet many companies are struggling to figure out how to adapt to the new world, and especially how to train and skill their workers.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
• According to new research from LinkedIn, skills now trump degrees in the eyes of recruiters.
  — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
• This content inventory also will alert you to skill gaps among your content creators.
  — Martin Owen, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• The experience also sparked a desire to skill up in intensive-care nursing.
  — Lauren Weber and Vanessa Fuhrmans, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• And even the bo staff skills that Nami (Emily Rudd) executes.
  — William Goodman, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
• In the meantime, companies are rethinking what skills their employees need.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 30 Apr. 2023
• Kanipe, a life skills instructional aid, allegedly handed the boy a spoon.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Singh discovered that skills trump everything else in today’s rapidly evolving tech space.
  — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• Did Donald Trump distort the public’s perception of what the performance skills for a president should be?
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Better options for a ramp-down business would include services that leverage expertise or skills the entrepreneur is already known for.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 13 May 2017
• There are also medical engineers skilled in the use of advanced diagnostic equipment, and hydro-engineers to stave off the flooding.
  — David Hiser, National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2016
• The family of five appeared to be out at a Hibachi restaurant, with the couple's youngest, Canon, demonstrating his chopsticks skills for his mom.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• Building a culture that fosters skills development beyond technical proficiency can be a great way to keep retention rates high.
  — Addie Swartz, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Occasionally you are made to feel adrift in narrative Siberia, left to dream about condensation and editing, about the knife skills an oral historian should have in her kit.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 24 May 2016
• Leaders must provide high-quality content to improve learning and skills development.
  — Chor Meng Tan, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• In addition to regular one-on-one coaching, the program includes weekly study tables and skills development workshops.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
• Figuring out exactly how much Play-Doh is too much to prevent you from turning the crank on the spiralizer builds on spatial awareness and deductive reasoning skills too.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Oct. 2023
• Through freelance work, skills training, and in-person work spaces, Nelson sees a path forward for a business focused on supporting women’s working lives.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
• Although the eggs were made from precious materials, their value lay not in the cost of the particular jewels or metals used (some eggs were comparatively modest in that regard) but in the inventiveness and skill the artists brought to each one.
  — Nancy Gould Chuda, Town & Country, 11 June 2021
• Instruction focuses on what is interesting and meaningful to each child, layering necessary skilling on top, with six classes divided into age groups.
  — Nadine Jolie Courtney, Town & Country, 11 Oct. 2016
• But Norwegians value play and skills acquisition above competition.
  — Gordy Megroz, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2023
• Just being around high-level IQ players, teaching them not just skills stuff but fundamentals, IQ stuff, footwork.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
• Payton Pritchard can be an effective player, but anyone who sees him as a playmaker is projecting some Ernie DiGregorio skills on him that just don’t exist.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
• Another tailwind for Udemy, which is trying to expand its business offerings, has come from a tight job market in which companies that can’t find external candidates look to re-skill their employees.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
• Bucket 1: Social connection skills This is essentially the art of conversation.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• In August, the Kids Adventure Games is the destination for races, skills clinics and awards for good sportsmanship and environmental stewardship.
  — Tamara Gane, Chron, 23 Apr. 2023
• This definition is based on the observation that skills on seemingly diverse tasks such as solving puzzles, defining words, memorizing digits and spotting missing items in pictures are highly correlated.
  — Eka Roivainen, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024