1 Evidently it surprised her as much as it did me, for she yawned and with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room.
2 Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.
3 With her little deft hands she opened and shut her little red bag, took out a cushion, laid it on her knees, and carefully wrapping up her feet, settled herself comfortably.
4 He was beside her quickly and his deft fingers untied the wide bow under her chin.
5 She was very deft, with a soft, lingering touch, a little slow.
6 This was not altogether pleasant for him, as he had nearly always to make a deft guess at the meaning and shout back a suitable answer in the face of a high wind.
7 In this way, having carefully removed the leg bands by deft circular motions of his arm following one another uninterruptedly, the man hung the leg bands up on some pegs fixed above his head.
8 The guiding of thought and the deft coordination of deed is at once the path of honor and humanity.
9 A woman entered quietly and deftly where the first penitent had knelt.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 10 He produced four candle-butts from the side-pockets of his soutane and placed them deftly among the coals and twisted papers.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5 11 A louse crawled over the nape of his neck and, putting his thumb and forefinger deftly beneath his loose collar, he caught it.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5 12 He picked his way deftly through all that minute vermin-like life and under the shadow of the gaunt spectral mansions in which the old nobility of Dublin had roystered.
13 She went to the table, set down the tray, and with her plump white hands deftly took from it the bottles and various hors d'oeuvres and dishes and arranged them on the table.
14 His sleeves were rolled up and his sinewy, hairy, red hands with their short fingers deftly turned the ramrod.
15 The handsome young soldier who had brought the wood, setting his arms akimbo, began stamping his cold feet rapidly and deftly on the spot where he stood.