How to Use talent in a Sentence

talent

noun
  • They sang a duet in the talent show.
  • She has a job that makes the most of her talents.
  • The team has recruited some of the best talent around.
  • The company is doing a talent search to find the right person for the job.
  • There are many good players on the team, but she's a special talent.
  • Her artistic talent has been obvious ever since she was a child.
  • The company has hired some expensive legal talent for the trial.
  • I have no musical talent.
  • His experience, skills, and talents make him perfectly suited for the job.
  • It’s one thing to have the talent, but what is the mind-set?
    — Craig Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • This team is made up of a ton of young talent and it's worked out well on the court.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
  • And Knight was on a bus filled with young Black talent.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Dafna draws and loves to sing and has a talent for arts and crafts.
    — NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • There’s nothing quite like a Broadway show—and all of the grandeur and talent that comes with it.
    — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 20 Jan. 2023
  • For all of their talent up front, the Jaguars sacked Wentz only once and hit him just four times.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The Heat can also make a trade to add outside talent to the roster.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • The teams seem evenly matched from a talent standpoint.
    — Rex Nelson, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • And the probe comes with trust in BBC talent plummeting.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That’s how underwhelming the crop of talent for the 2022 NFL draft is.
    — Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2022
  • And, in the very end, all network talent that had assembled for the event joined him on stage.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
  • When that kind of talent graduates, there has to be a drop off, right?
    — Joe Magill, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • But their passing game, short on talent to begin with, lost steam as the year went on.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a surge of young talent taking the blues in fresh directions.
    — Joe Bonamassa, Spin, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Now the Buckeyes have the personnel, the talent, and the chip on its shoulder to keep this going.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The Sox need a lot more talent in the system to get this rebuild off the ground, and no player would net more than Robert.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • But the Canadiens had lots of talent, and even a prodigy like Lafleur had to earn his spot in the lineup.
    — David Shoalts, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Against the Rangers, who have talent and skill and plenty of playoff dreams of their own, Swayman stepped up a notch.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One thing that doesn’t change is a hit, is a hit, is a hit and advertisers and talent want to be in hits.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
  • But with young talent on the rise and expiring contracts on the horizon, a big change could be coming to the room.
    — Nick Harris july 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
  • Woodrow has emerged as one of the best linemen in the area, which has recently become loaded with O-line talent.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025

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