How to Use skilled in a Sentence
skilled
adjective- He is skilled at cooking.
- Carpentry is a skilled trade.
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The draft added skilled prospects.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
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Three skilled teams, three goals.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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His eye is on the skilled trades.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Feb. 2026
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Skates so well, big guy, skilled.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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So many skilled guys, and so many guys that can skate so well.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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All of them are highly skilled.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
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And these are very skilled actors, all three.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
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What do the changes mean for skilled workers?
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 23 May 2026
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Phillips was a skilled bushman.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Medicare pays for skilled care.
—Neha Sabharwal, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
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The team needs young, skilled players.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
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These are very skilled, very high-paying jobs.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
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Most of them are bigger and stronger, and a lot of them are more skilled.
—David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2021
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There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
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Lucas did not prove to be a skilled ring-kisser.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
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No skilled sailor tries to cross every channel.
—Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
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Schafer is a big, skilled winger who can create off the rush and at the net-front.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Something that would take a skilled human team many hours.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Every skilled fighter will tell you that.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Looney’s too steady and skilled to not be a part of whatever comes next.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
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Meanwhile, skilled trades are in high demand.
—Ali Kaufman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
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Lack of time and skilled personnel.
—Dima Raketa, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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These are the highly skilled workers.
—CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
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The visa fee for skilled workers would jump from $215.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
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Aside from her skilled acting, that’s thanks in part to her head-to-toe drip in each episode.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 19 Nov. 2021
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One-year bets were placed on a couple of skilled wingers who have seen better days.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Mara, who was born in Spain, is a skilled and smart center prospect with size.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
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Lyra is a skilled maker too, not with gold but with narrative.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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