Past master

"Past master" in a Sentence (4 examples)

It required a deft hand and deep knowledge of the barbaric mind effectually to handle such diverse weapons; but he was a past-master in the art, knowing when to conciliate and when to threaten with Jove-like wrath.

Hervey responded with such volubility that anyone could see he was a pastmaster in Castilian swearing.

The Hon. Morison was a past master in the art of insidious boasting.

Winterbottom is a past master at lending the traditional story-telling format to real stories of the modern world at war.

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