Sentence examples for crafty schemes from inspiring English sources

In one day I met a role model, and met the liberal media and their crafty schemes.

The storytelling is so engaging, the scenes so well acted, that the machinations of the political figures that thrive and breathe in Scandal's Washington, D.C. make me question what childish plots and crafty schemes our real life politicians keep hidden.

We'll find out if they can truly win with a crafty scheme but limited quarterback.

In "THE VIRGIN QUEEN," a two-part co-production with the BBC, Ms. Duff's Elizabeth is a crafty schemer: she goes from the prison tower to the maze of court politics with a hint of a smirk.

They're depraved and crafty with their schemes and rifles.

Unfortunately, it's a big, bad world out there full of safety standards, deposit protection schemes and crafty landlords.

A bit creepy, perhaps, but endearingly old school – the sort of pathetic scheme a crafty loafer like George Costanza would get around by leaving a car parked permanently at work so everyone thinks he's still at his desk.

A bit creepy, perhaps, but endearingly old school the sort of pathetic scheme a crafty loafer like George Costanza would get around by leaving a car parked permanently at work so everyone would think he's still at his desk.

/ skillful at evil schemes, cunning; a currently fashionable, hands-on aesthetic often employing salvaged materials that tends to draw attention to its own resourcefulness, as in, "Piet Hein Eek's scrap-wood cabinets are truly artisanal, but Martino Gamper's tables and chairs made from recycled Gio Ponti hotel furniture take crafty to a whole new level".

He was "crafty, cunning and ambitious", and his scheming led to a violent end.

Two ex-convicts, one a crafty old pro, the other young and brash, carry out a scheme they've hatched in jail to abduct the young daughter of a rich, self-made businessman and demand a £2m ransom.