Dunmore deftly uses narrative turning points to throw her characters into sharp relief.

Then Zainal, deftly using a forked stick, started transferring hot rocks into the improvised stew pot.

The author, a sportswriter, uses baseball scenes deftly.

He moves without the ball, deftly uses space, and has an economy of movement that keeps the offense going.

The movie deftly uses images of an aquarium, fish and swimming as metaphors for sexual discomfort and initiation.

So does perspective, and this is a trait Venus and Serena Williams use deftly when it comes to their father's techno-career dreams for them.

Bradley deftly uses the medium to try to explain how Hoover was framed.

It deftly uses compelling images and simple, even frightening, language to build its case.

He had tossed his crutches down, and when he reached the ground, he hopped to them and deftly used them to rush to Mac.

But he deftly used Chicago for leverage, securing a maximum contract from the Bucks.