sureness of hand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He also knew, with sudden sureness, that it was one of many. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
A sense of sureness, of anticipation — of simple happiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
She liked his steady silence, his sureness, and his thick hair. From Wordnik.com. [What You Never Thought You Wanted] Reference
There is determination, but there is no cock-sureness, no goose-step. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
And, she accepted the uncertain sureness of fear breathing into her ear. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Couples must mutually decide to abandon the secret sureness of being right. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Finding Sacred Ground in Marriage] Reference
They're going to take out that lack of sureness on a lot of incoming congressmen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2009] Reference
Nothing has prepared Mundy for this loss of sureness in his last remaining adult. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
Sheriam, with her calm authority and sureness, was as indestructible as the Tower. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
Thou hast sureness of aim, and presence of mind as regards the selection of means, O Arjuna!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
All are strong, and they are painted with a bigness and a sureness of touch that are compelling. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
"When I looked at the photo, I thought she had such a sense of sureness in her purpose," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Discomfort] Reference
These opinions differ widely, but have one attribute in common -- their emphatic "cock-sureness.". From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
She did it, using a tiny laser scalpel with a deft sureness that suggested med school or even an MD. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
And thinking about my Aunt Wednesday made me say again with more sureness: "Ruby'll grow out of it.". From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bit of Syrup] Reference
This old lady appears nearer eighty than sixty-nine, and she speaks with the sureness of an eyewitness. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7] Reference
Not overnight, as I once thought and some still look for, but nonetheless I believe in the sureness of it. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter of Mary]
"I shall have less leisure for pastimes now," he said, the sureness in his face changing to a weak conceit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
Viaticum, and it was plain that he felt the responsibility thus resting upon his speed and sureness of foot. From Wordnik.com. [Round Anvil Rock A Romance] Reference
Others may have attempted higher things, but none did what he attempted with such perfect ease and sureness. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
In America's eyes, Zhu has handled the Asian economic crisis with great responsibility and a sureness of touch. From Wordnik.com. [Here's To Spring] Reference
He is still in wild water, but we have faith that his skill and sureness of eye will bring him out right at last. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
He knows how to get rid of useless details; he perceives, with subtle instinct and a sureness of vision that spares you. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
You have here, nevertheless, a moment of very great beauty in the cleanness of this man's surprising agility and sureness. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Ishmael knew, with the sureness he had once or twice before known things in his life, and the knowledge affected him strangely. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Only in him, too, is the new experience of God's forgiveness and redemption possible, in all its fullness and sureness and power. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesus of History] Reference
The romance is heightened by the realism of the technique of naval warfare, by the sureness and voluminosity of nautical knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
Then the mighty-armed and white-steeded Arjuna, O king, of sureness of aim and having Krishna for his charioteer, advanced on his car. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Other translators, expressing themselves with less sureness and adequacy, leave the impression that they have adopted similar standards. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
And no one among them equalled Krishna's son in sureness of aim, in bravery, in prowess, in lightness of hand or in knowledge of weapons. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
He made attempt after attempt, and climbed all ladders and towers with his old sureness of foot; only at St. George's did dizziness return. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
The invincible Pandavas, however, possessed of sureness of aim, once more coming against us, shook their bows and covered us with showers of arrows. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
He had to trust more to the strength and sureness of his arms and hands than to a secure footing as he climbed upward, for the storm swayed man and ladder to and fro like a bell. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
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