

‘The boy jumped up onto his bed with nimble movement, holding the insulation in his mouth while rummaging the pouch in his hand for a normal wrench.’.

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‘His free arm moved to the pouches on her belt, his fingers deft and nimble as a squirrel as he purloined some component.’.‘The design was supposed to be an improvement on the VX with the same sink rate, but a lighter, more nimble glider.’.‘Julius disagreed, pointing out how nimble and light mice were, especially the young ones, and suggested that peanut butter would produce better results.’.‘I suppose I had the quick nimble fingers that it took to form the beautiful pieces.’.‘The dexterity of his nimble fingers forced the spotlight on him when he was just five years old.’.‘My hands are bigger, and more adroit, with nimble fingers that can tie shoes, unwrap candies, and get the sand out from between my toes before we leave the beach.’.‘The magician does special exercises to keep his fingers nimble and body agile.’.“It is a lucky thing,” said he, “that they did not tear up the tree on which I was sitting, or I should have had to sprint on to another like a squirrel but we tailors are nimble. Jane (he turned to me for the first time since his re-entrance), take this key: go down into my bedroom, and walk straight forward into my dressing-room: open the top drawer of the wardrobe and take out a clean shirt and neck-handkerchief: bring them here and be nimble. (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) “Blood for Wilson!” yelled the crowd, and as the smith faced round to follow the movements of his nimble adversary, I saw with a thrill that his chin was crimson and dripping. Now he took to the road boldly, and as he was light and nimble, he felt no fatigue. She was a nimble little needlewoman, and they were finished before anyone got tired of them. The job of Uranus is to keep us mentally nimble and ready to turn on a dime, so It’s nearly impossible to guess what might come. She looked very pretty, and was very merry but the little feet that used to be so nimble when they danced round Jip, were dull and motionless. (Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)


They are prodigiously nimble from their infancy. Reed looked up from her work her eye settled on mine, her fingers at the same time suspended their nimble movements. I don't care how nimble her fingers are, how perfect her technique, how wonderful her expression-the fact is, she knows nothing about music.
