The end of the marriage was precipitated by the young Pompey's prodigious military skill and defiance of tradition.

Her playing is characterized by prodigious technical skills, masterly tonal control and, colleagues say, a keen musical intelligence.

But once the stage is set for this whodunit, Smith moves the genre furniture around with such prodigious skill that the whole room spins.

In the end it came down to the league's closest ever winning margin between the two sides, and Napier's more prodigious striking skills won the day.

They had used their prodigious skill and learning to find the means of doing this very efficiently for themselves.

To claim full citizenship, though, required prodigious multi-tasking skills.

Only those whose prodigious skill gives them leverage for negotiating secure contracts are prepared to forsake higher education for sport.

She used all her prodigious skills to push down the black tide that threatened to engulf her mind.

His prodigious skills and gregarious, larger-than-life personality transcended the sport, making him an authentic American folk hero.

Chuck is known for his prodigious skills on upright as well as fretless and fretted electric basses.