Sentence examples for being canny from inspiring English sources

I suspect the White House of being canny enough to have planned it that way.

Commission members may have felt they were being canny in asking only for what could command the broadest support.

Sprint was being canny here, paying no more than it had to to try to sway the hedge funds and call their bluff.

But Mr. Mubarak also turned his risk-aversion into a virtue, portraying himself as heroic for being canny enough not to be lured into rash decisions.

British officials suggest it is simply because the UAE are being canny, being hard to get as the French are also in the market – trying to persuade the Gulf state to buy their Rafale aircraft instead of the Typhoon.

Being canny, the researchers are anyway keeping details of the algorithm they use to generate their results under wraps until the patent they have applied for is locked up.

He was canny and smart".

Mr Polman has been canny.

Oates's selection is canny.

The choice was canny.

He's canny.