1 She was before the mirror again, adjusting her hair with a light hand, drawing down her veil, and giving a dexterous touch to her furs.
2 Again and again to such gamesome talk, the dexterous dart is repeated, the spear returning to its master like a greyhound held in skilful leash.
3 The general reined strongly at his charger's opened and foamy mouth and guided it with dexterous horsemanship past the man.
4 He examined the bullets with which Monte Cristo performed this dexterous feat, and saw that they were no larger than buckshot.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 90. The Meeting. 5 My mistress had a daughter of nine years old, a child of towardly parts for her age, very dexterous at her needle, and skilful in dressing her baby.
6 All the buildings and trees seemed easily practicable to such dexterous climbers as the Morlocks, to judge by their wells, must be.
7 One of the attending harpooneers now advances with a long, keen weapon called a boarding-sword, and watching his chance he dexterously slices out a considerable hole in the lower part of the swaying mass.
8 Then, hand-over-hand, down the other part, the Indian drops through the air, till dexterously he lands on the summit of the head.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets. 9 After a time the tall soldier slid dexterously through the hole.
10 Sam tumbled up accordingly, dexterously contriving to tickle Andy as he did so, which occasioned Andy to split out into a laugh, greatly to Haley's indignation, who made a cut at him with his riding-whip.
11 The young wife worked easily, merrily, and dexterously.
12 The hump-backed man stared, as if in excess of amazement and indignation; then, twisting himself, dexterously, from the doctor's grasp, growled forth a volley of horrid oaths, and retired into the house.
13 And as this device was dexterously used it merits imitation.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXIII. 14 They advanced rapidly and noiselessly, with the confidence and dexterity of practised scouts.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 15 The champions a second time sprung from their stations, and closed in the centre of the lists, with the same speed, the same dexterity, the same violence, but not the same equal fortune as before.