Skilled

Examples

• It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The wants of the world can no longer be supplied by skilled hand labour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is thought by those skilled in the art that it was not possible to have constructed the works of metal in Solomon's Temple without a turning lathe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The labor of the country was not skilled, nor allowed to become so. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At one time seventeen skilled workmen would manufacture five hundred dozen brooms per week. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A further remark of his is: What the country needs now is the practical skilled engineer, who is capable of doing everything. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They were skilled in the preparation of leather. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The rod of Science had touched the rock again and from the earth had sprung another servant with power to serve mankind, and waited the skilled brain and hand to direct its course. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Miss Ophelia was old, and skilled in the tactics of nursing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In the handling of line work, eight skilled men successively handle each plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Skilled masons moved from place to place to assist in building the magnificent sacred structures--cathedrals, abbeys, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And so skilled were those glass-workers and so deeply in love with their art that their glass has been the despair of the later centuries that have tried to copy them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The highest skilled mechanics, like Clegg of England, supplied the apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He was not a skilled mechanic himself, and so, when he decided to take up the subject, he employed a clockmaker, named Kay, to help him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A good fellow, a skilled hand, fond of us, and enthusiastic and honorable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• No species of skilled labour, however, seems more easy to learn than that of masons and bricklayers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A modern studio is now maintained on the fourth floor of the factory--the staff of skilled operators numbering twenty. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And it can make no difference in this respect, whether he derives his information from books, or from conversation with men skilled in the science. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Possibility of quick disconnection or replacement of any cell without employment of skilled labor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The problem was great, as the fields abroad had been filled for generations by skilled artisans who had reduced the complicated mechanism of watch-making to a fine art. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The art of forestry is also being taught in the schools, and a large body of skilled foresters are now in the service of the states and the general government. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and even square and cube root can be performed on the abacus, and in the hands of a skilled operator considerable speed can be obtained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The difference between the wages of skilled labour and those of common labour, is founded upon this principle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Some 2,400 skilled workmen were employed in its two big Springfield plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Suppose, however, you are not skilled, or that, even if you are, the machine does not work well. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The skilled tunnel workmen are men of character and ability, usually young, of good intelligence and sound of body, without a streak of fear or cowardice in their makeup. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These deluded and romantic men gave me a glimpse of the skilled proletariat of the United States. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For you surely would not regard the skilled mathematician as a dialectician? Plato. The Republic.
• Graham, who, papa is beginning to discover, is a savanttoo--skilled, they say, in more than one branch of science--is among the number. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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