All are competent artists but none seems to have a purpose more compelling than that of displaying competence.

In 2007 with the same intensity he began working with oils and displayed the same talent and competence with this medium as well.

The second was his insistence, not so common in his day, that any poetry worthy of serious attention had to display high technical competence.

For a week, I've been watching U.S. soldiers display courage and competence as they dismantle the military establishment that other Americans showed folly in creating.

Tethys was a prosperous world, and generations of Slades had displayed businesslike competence in whatever they were doing.

In this resistance campaign against the Japanese, Peralta displayed his exemplary leadership, competence and gallantry in action.

Surgeon-Lieutenant Sutherland had displayed professional competence of a very high order in his treatment of the casualties.

To be rated "proficient," students had to display competence in challenging subject matter.

Would that the filmmakers displayed similar competence.

Research has shown that children in competent and average clicks display higher personal competence and lower anxiety when compared to children involved in withdrawn/aggressive cliques.