Sentence examples for cunning means from inspiring English sources

On the big screen, those taking human form often now do so only as a cunning means of disguising their actual fantasticality.

Their stand-out number, 'Spitfire', sees the duo underscore snippets from war movie The First Of The Few with thrilling Krautrock guitars and beats similar to Primal Scream's motorik excursions, a cunning means of updating the footage and deflating any nationalist sentiment.

But North Korea has rejected such offers, calling them a "cunning trick" meant to find a pretext to shut the place down for good.

Machiavelli came up with "Divide and ye govern," so we might wonder if these dissidents wish to align themselves with someone whose very name means cunning and deceitful.

(The conventional epithet is "cunning," which Russians mean as an insult and Tatars take as a compliment).

And that immediately gave Qaddafi, who is the master of all cunning opponents, ways and means in which to respond, knowing that there were limitations.

The deflector unfolds and installs behind the front seats in seconds by means of cunning side clips and fold-down rear seatbacks (see goodbye storage space above).

The victory of the little man by means of cunning against impossible odds, the exploits of the superman (e.g., Heracles), or the long-delayed victory over enemies are still as popular with modern writers as they were with the Greeks.

By means of cunning diplomacy and shrewdly calculated aggression, Ivan not only established Muscovy as a great power to be reckoned with by the rulers and diplomats of Europe but also set in motion the reconquest of the Ukraine from Poland and Lithuania.

So, goblin stories embrace all sorts of tricksy creatures, mean and cunning sprites with whom it is often tempting, though always foolish, to make a bargain.

Far from the lurching wild-eyed maniac of movie cliché, he is a furtive, cunning animal who grows meaner and more sullen the more booze he consumes.