(1) We're quite adept at picking out what it is we don't like about other human beings.(2) He doesn't claim to know it all and is very adept at handling guests on his show who think they do.(3) He was also adept at promoting the scheme to the Australian populace by presenting it as a symbol of national pride.(4) But, next season, players will become more attuned to what he is going to do and become more adept at stopping him.(5) Other countries are more adept at keeping their judges in check.(6) She has never driven a car but was very adept at handling a pony and cart.(7) He had grown very adept at using the crutches and now spent less time in bed than ever before.(8) He also was very adept at picking up on people's weaknesses and teasing them, ruffling some feathers.(9) But he was also adept at deploying nearly everything that came to hand for promoting evolutionary theory.(10) Performances are enhanced by an intelligent musical score and adept cinematography.(11) It is tempting to suppose it was the result of adept management.(12) It was indeed lucky that none of these bandits seemed to be very adept with a sword.(13) He's very adept at seeing a play develop, and that gets him to the right spot at the right time.(14) These wars were difficult affairs against enemies who were as technically adept as the Normans themselves.(15) There was also a mounted element of crossbowmen equally adept at reconnaissance and pursuit.(16) For Italy it was a day of bitter disappointment as they ran out again battered and bruised by more adept opponents.