Sentence examples for cunning controlling from inspiring English sources

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

There is a cunning control of suspense.

She is a cunning master at manipulation and a great leader, using fear to control her subjects and friends alike, reserving loyalty solely for her father.

As the leader of this jesters' jamboree, he is all cunning and control.

It was not what we expect of Barcelona — and judging from Messi's reaction, it is not necessarily what Barcelona expects of itself — but it showcased many of the traits that the team that goes on to win this competition tends to possess: maturity, cunning, patience, control, and, most decisive of all, an ability to click, even if only briefly, and find a gear that an opponent cannot match.

A carelessly misdirected pass by Brito was punished by the inspired cunning of a centre from Morales, but Cubilla in controlling the ball was forced to an inhibiting angle and his shot was hit slackly.

Loved or hated and feared by many, coyotes have defied virtually all attempts to control their cunning ways.

The kind of woman who today would wear high heels to emphasize her complex but redoubtable moral stature; who would put on lipstick (red, red lipstick) to color the wounds she inflicts; who would outwit her man with her cunning and her control; and who would recognize a man's need for love — and then withhold it.

It's a celebration of cunning – and a desperate attempt by humans to control fate and life.

The offences displayed, he said, "An extraordinary degree of cunning and a chilling desire on your part to manipulate and control the lives of others..

Putin's current tactics for social control are cunning and effective.