adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
practised...religion
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The tribe practised a religion that mixed native beliefs and Christianity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
eye
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There is a comprehensive range of information before them and their practised eye quickly detects any malfunction.
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Folly's practised eye assessed the hothouse blooms in their crackling cellophane wrapper.
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Indeed, even in the fast choppy water the practised eye can spot his prey a hundred yards away.
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His practised eye ran round the room.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A practised observer would quickly notice changes in the birds' behaviour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He'd secured her with practised ease, and so fast that she hadn't even been aware of it happening.
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He presses the snooze button on the clock with a practised finger and falls effortlessly asleep.
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Sly was a very practised judge of character and strength and this guy looked off the scale.
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The practised assurance of those long years of marriage came into its own.
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There is a comprehensive range of information before them and their practised eye quickly detects any malfunction.