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How to use the word wheelhouse in a Sentence?

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Some of those things come very easy — like, they’re in my wheelhouse, they energize me, I ca n’t wait to get to them, and some of those things are a little more tedious, or I have some resistance around them.

Robin Nordmeyer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Every evaluation that I performed was very specific, and I performed them in my scope of practice, i had to stay very specific to the diagnoses that were in my wheelhouse ; there are plenty that weren't.

Dan Busch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It just seemed like something really out of the wheelhouse and for that reason it was terrifying, as every teacher I've had in every drama school I went to says, chase the things that are challenging; your work will be a form of attrition if you keep working on the things you are comfortable with.

Timothee Chalamet

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He went through 12 years starting with 9/11 of extremely critical and sensitive investigations around the world, this is right in his wheelhouse.

Joseph Campbell

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is in our wheelhouse, we’ve really embraced being in the faith-based business and it’s certainly paid off.

Rory Bruer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Coast Guard has been doing search and rescue for more than 200 years, and this is right up their wheelhouse.

Chief Petty Officer Bobby Nash

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I would say it's not his wheelhouse, but that I don't know.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is not in my wheelhouse, you want to become a player that can win on every type of course, and I will take a lot of confidence from the fact that I was able to play a golf course that was, you know, you had to be very aggressive and shoot low and keep shooting low.

Justin Rose

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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