6 sentences with 'skilled'
Example sentences and phrases with the word skilled and other words derived from it.
• « I was able to perform feats on horseback that I thought only the most skilled cowboys could accomplish. »
• « He became so skilled in astronomy that (it is said) he successfully predicted a solar eclipse in 585 BC. »
• « Philip II was the classic Macedonian leader: shrewd, skilled in battle and quick to reward loyalty or punish sedition. »
• « Cathedral schools were supposed to produce not only spiritual leaders, but also skilled bureaucrats, and that required a form of rigorous education that encouraged the study not only of the Bible, but of classics of Latin literature such as the speeches of the great Roman politician Cicero and the great epic poem of ancient Rome, Virgil's Aeneid. »
• « Princes and other elites wanted skilled bureaucrats to staff their mercantile empires; they needed literate men with knowledge of law and mathematics, even if they themselves were not merchants. »
• « The ability to build, maintain and operate cannons required advanced metallurgy and engineering, which in turn required highly skilled technicians (either royalty or hired mercenaries). »