Sleight has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand. | |
| 2. | All you need is a little sleight of hand in your accounting to make people think your company is profitable. | |
| 3. | "Him on Idalia, lulled into a dream, / will I secrete, or on the sacred height / of lone Cythera, lest he learn the scheme, / or by his sudden presence mar the sleight." | |
| 4. | "Take thou his likeness, only for a night, / and wear the boyish features that are thine; / and when the queen, in rapture of delight, / amid the royal banquet and the wine, / shall lock thee in her arms, and press her lips to thine, / then steal into her bosom, and inspire / through all her veins with unsuspected sleight / the poisoned sting of passion and desire." | |
| 5. | Mary possesses real magical powers, but she presents them in such a way that they appear to be mere sleight of hand. |