Sentence examples for being cunning from inspiring English sources

To hotels, there is a fine line between being clever and being cunning.

If Ford thought he was being cunning in his choice of personnel, he ended up in Baldrick territory.

He had joined the force in 1950 and rose to the top job in 1962, acquiring a reputation for being cunning, controlling, and eccentric.

I thought our government was being cunning by hanging Qadri on 29 February; his supporters would have to wait for four years to mark his anniversary.

Carol leaves her gloves on the counter — a detail not found in Highsmith but cleverly stitched on by Haynes and his excellent screenwriter, Phyllis Nagy, who make us wonder, at once, whether Carol is being cunning or forgetful.

But he's being cunning about it; six major plans in one area, at one time, make it difficult to understand the extent of what is going on, and nearly impossible for residents to have their voices heard.

"Steven is cunning and calculating".

That was cunning.

But he is cunning.

Odysseus is cunning.

But a lot of fraud is cunning.