In "Echoes of Harlem," a tune composed by Ellington in 1936 to show off Williams's growl trumpet artistry, Spanky Davis exploded with a skillfully controlled display of growling virtuosity that brought the cheering audience to its feet.

Her exquisite renderings of tulips, iris, lilies and other blooms are deceptively airy and casual, belieing the accuracy of form so deftly drawn and the delicacy of color so skillfully controlled.

These combined influences explain the skillfully controlled artistry of Henri Biva.

Attracted by the intimate scale, you become absorbed by the seemingly artless yet skillfully controlled variability of line.

The ship was being controlled skillfully by its pilot-navigator.

This murky brew of guilt, forbidden knowledge and punishment percolates at a low, skillfully controlled temperature.

The decorator's New York apartment (The New York Times Magazine, Nov. 1, 1998) is a skillfully controlled riot of warm, saturated hues.