1.   He told jokes with an exquisite sense of timing.

2.   He told the story with an exquisite sense of timing.

3.   The participants, taken together, represented the power establishment of southern California with an exquisite sense of proportion.

4.   A. First of all, let me congratulate you on your exquisite sense of timing.

5.   He also . . . has an exquisite poetic sense.

6.   St. Anselm aside, this is probably the best proof that God not only exists, but has an exquisite sense of the ironic.

7.   What Mandl has is an exquisite sense of timing.

8.   Whether he describes a blackout in the city or his lovely family life, he had an exquisite sense of words and the best way to use them.