1 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 2 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 3 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 4 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.
5 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.
6 His sleeves were rolled up and his sinewy, hairy, red hands with their short fingers deftly turned the ramrod.
7 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.
8 But every time she brought up the subject, Melanie deftly steered the conversation into other and innocuous channels.
9 Those thews ran not through base blocks of land wood, but deftly travelled over sheaves of sea-ivory.
10 At first I used to be a little alarmed at the approach of bedtime in the one lone bedroom, but embarrassment was very deftly avoided.
11 The lady deftly changed the subject.
12 It was all done so swiftly and deftly that the fellow was helpless before he knew that he was attacked.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 13 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.
14 Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.
15 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.