talent

01. Sue's daughter has a lot of [talent]; I'm sure she will become a professional actress some day.

02. As well as being a successful actor, Clint Eastwood is a [talented] director.

03. In the competitive music industry, [talent] is not enough; you must also be able to sell yourself.

04. Jessica's children have both inherited her [talent] as an artist.

05. Marie is an extremely [talented] piano player.

06. Those kids have a real [talent] for bothering all their neighbors.

07. Her artistic [talent] showed itself at an early age in her drawings of animals, which were extremely sophisticated for a child of 6.

08. Barry has a real [talent] for annoying people at our staff meetings.

09. The closest Mandarin equivalent to the English word 'intelligent' is a Chinese character that means good brain and [talented].

10. Ellie's wonderful musical [talents] are being wasted while she works as a waitress.

11. Mitch's [talent] for hockey was obvious from a very early age.

12. These [talentless] young people who play their drums on the street every day are driving me crazy.

13. Basketball great Charles Barkley once said that in sports, the best thing to do is to relax, and let your [talent] do the work.

14. Norman Augustine once remarked that motivation will almost always beat mere [talent].

15. There is a Saudi Arabian proverb which observes that [talent] without skill is like a desert without an oasis.