She deftly extracted herself from what Justin had begun to view as an embrace, unpremeditated, but not necessarily objectionable on his part.

Mitch pulled a Swiss Army knife out of his pants pocket, extended the corkscrew, extracted the cork deftly.

Extracting the cork deftly, he poured both glasses full, put one in front of Harden, then took the other and sat on the stool opposite the younger man.

"Please, cousin," she said, deftly extracting herself.

She deftly extracted the cash from my wallet and handed the wallet back.

The most flamboyant charmer is Inez's assistant, Zeinab Sharif, an Indian beauty who deftly extracts expensive gifts of jewelry from the multiple fiancés she plays for fools.

"And twelve pennies," said Mrs. Sweetiman, deftly extracting them from a large book.

Deftly extracting her arm, she turned to face him.

His real name is James, or Jim, but he doesn't pronounce it too well,"she continued, as the man deftly extracted the thick envelope containing one of the notes Katherine had written for Lee on the day of his departure.

Tall, elegant, silver hair combed back and curling over pin-striped collar, he deftly extracted details that created a picture of the chaos that prevailed in the war-torn Balkans in the early 1940's: civilians killing Germans, guerrillas executing prisoners of war, partisan factions fighting each other.