He soon realized, however, that his talents lay in other directions, and turned to fiction.

George's particular talents lay in the field of personal relations.

I'd had no idea her real talent lay in the realm of chemistry.

But with a child at home he hoped she'd restrict herself to the crime scene work, where her true talent as a cop lay.

He was a man of undoubted spiritual strength, but his essential talent and interest lay in administration.

After some time at art school in London she decided that her talent lay in writing.

He has maintained that his talent lay in his ability to train.

His greatest talent lay with the willow, although he was a fair bowler.

But those blacks who later went to the white majors would prove where the talent lay.

This idea was dropped on the discovery that her talents lay in a more profitable direction.