Sentence examples similar to could be cunning from inspiring English sources

So, if you have got the usual level of non-communication with your teenage son or daughter, asking them about their mobile phone use could be a cunning ruse to find out what else they get up to or are really feeling.

The whole episode could be a cunning plan to justify a new version of the O-level but neither the political motives, the process, timescale or the inconclusive outcome of the national curriculum review bode well for what would be a major piece of education reform.

Women were shy, obedient to their husbands and faithful, while men were individuals who could be scholars, cunning businessmen or even rulers and warriors.

The modern quarterback must be cunning.

Be cunning.

Learn to Be Cunning.

Be cunning and rude.

Wisden said that "by whatever standard he is judged", Lindwall must "be placed permanently in the gallery of great fast bowlers", attributing his success to "superb control of length and direction, his change of pace and general skill, the like of which in a slower bowler could be classed as cunning".

Just possibly, however, his overture to the Pakistani Taliban could be part of a cunning plan to lay the ground for a military response, once he has conclusively proved that seeking peace with the Pakistani Taliban is a fool's errand.More likely, says Hasan Askari Rizvi, a security analyst, Mr Sharif's call for talks is a reflection of the country's muddled thinking about the TTP.

Cher's steely self-determination, which shines through as she negotiates her report card, sets up her teachers in order to bring up the class average, and finds a potential love interest for her new friend Tai (the late Brittany Murphy) could be read as a cunning use of feminine wiles.

(tame pun; anag).. P. D. Martin: Settler's end in Indian territory (Nebraska, originally) could be a result of Pawnee cunning (corny punning; r in Goa + N).