Pronunciation of sleight

Pronunciation of the English word sleight.

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Pronounce sleight in English


sleight in a sentence

# 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.

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