Sentence examples for cunning that from inspiring English sources

Less clear is whether the ruthless cunning that has intimidated generals and party elders is his or his father's.

Inside Syria, the Assad government and the armed opposition demonstrated the tenacity, violence and increasing cunning that has made the prospect of resolving the conflict seem remote.

The fraud uncovered this week – in which a college student sat for the test under the names of various high school students – deviated from such typical tries at gaming the system, demonstrating premeditated cunning that required false identification.

With his turban and camouflage jacket, his ornate Arabic and harsh vows of continued terror against America, Osama bin Laden revealed in his speech the instinctive cunning that has made him such a formidable foe.

Still, for those in the City who agonise that Bailey might not fully understand a balance sheet, there is evidence to suggest that he has moments of financial cunning that would make a banker proud.

Perhaps it's a plot by the Master – after all, the concept for this particular story collection exhibits the kind of cunning that comes as standard in the CVs of Whovian villains.

Castrogiovanni is known as one of the most destructive scrummagers in the game and Murphy joked that he has devised a cunning plan that will see Ireland nullify his threat.

It was Mr. Fiumara's reputation for cunning, though, that prompted initial skepticism in some quarters when word came that he had died on Sept. 16.

The mastery and consistency -- the location, the change of speeds, the cunning -- that has defined Maddux was not in absolute evidence.

A cunning move, that TV set.

But there is plenty of exile and cunning before that.