Whipsawed by a market he had no taste or training for, Lenk did have an undeniable and somewhat unexpected gift.

In writing about movies, seeing the obvious is an undeniable gift - and pounding it home conveys how difficult it can be for common sense to penetrate hype.

Ms. Prichard has an undeniable gift for finding a spontaneous-seeming poetry in an urban patois fed by diverse ethnic rivers.

Still, she had an undeniable gift for melody and was an imaginative orchestrator in the colorful style of Tchaikovsky.

And he shows an undeniable gift for self-promotion.

If you find their antics too juvenile to make up for their undeniable musical gifts, stay home and listen to something serious.

He has undeniable gifts: a brilliant technique, a command of color and shadings and exuberance to spare.

Sharon Sweet, who sang Amelia, has undeniable vocal gifts.

In the end, however, an appreciation for his undeniable musical gifts won out, at least among the musicians, the critics and the public.

And I will be a lady of undeniable gifts but dubious reputation.