The Jews were more likely to prize work, scholarship, verbal dexterity, ambition and academic accomplishment.

In the beginning, I was trying for verbal dexterity and wit; but that was me showing off, not taking the characters' problems seriously enough.

In keeping with the genre there is a great show of outrageous verbal dexterity and invention by both combatants.

The mesmerizing verbal dexterity alone keeps things from getting mean.

Here, in the context of a book concerned, above all, with historiography, her verbal dexterity takes a dark turn.

He's also got that dazzling verbal dexterity and such a sense of humour.

His verbal dexterity reminded me to some extent of Hugh Grant.

The verbal dexterity of the original text is replaced with inventive visual comedy.

Ronnie Barker demonstrated his verbal dexterity in a sketch.

It's often an ugly, mocking sport, but it requires verbal dexterity and a slashing sense of humor.