What is "athleticism"

Usage examples of "athleticism".

Despite her natural athleticism, hand-to-hand combat had been the hardest course for her to master at Saganami Island.

For a short time the hold of athleticism was weakened, and as it weakened, the hold of literature became more firm.

Kirk let the harness drop to the ground, then used one foot to kick it up into his hands as though totally unaware of the strength and athleticism involved in the movement.

And she cried for herself---for the loss of her childhood and her athleticism, for the loss of a certain innocence and daring after that night twelve years before.

Wicked get-down dirty sex portrayed in an atmosphere of wholesome hygienic athleticism was a combination calculated to tease beyond enduring the national cleft.

If empire had amused him as athleticism did there would have been no equal in all history to Commodus.

The full-court press, passes out of the double-team, the pick-and-roll, cutting off the passing lanes, a tip-in from a high-flying forward soaring from out of nowhere all constitute a coordination of intellect and athleticism, a harmony of mind and body.

Berry had little of the sheer athleticism of her sister Helen, and none of the martial arts training.

Partly, because the grace of those steps illustrated their own athleticism, which was something any ground combat officer liked to see in her troops.

Few of the men in the valley would have aspired to match her combination of strength, mobile athleticism and sheer brutality in unarmed combat.

The business of breasts, for instance: Vera was thin and had big ones, which gave an immediate impression of sly bendiness and athleticism.

The Dean recalled their athleticism and youthful indiscretions, the shopgirls they had compromised, the tailors they had bilked, the exams they had failed, and from his window he could look down on to the fountain where they had ducked so many homosexuals.

King Apepi was titillated by the suppleness and athleticism of two of the Assyrian female acrobats: so he picked up one under each arm and carried them, kicking and squealing, from the dance floor into the private quarters of the palace.