Sentence examples for getting too cute from inspiring English sources

"That was getting too cute".

With expert deadpan, Guterson keeps the premise from getting too cute.

The idea name will carry a taste of local flavor, without getting too cute.

Jasper's eventual comeuppance involves some overly clever convolutions, but the author's ability to strike a balance between slapstick and sincerity prevents the novel from getting too cute for its own good.

But a certain weariness of the vice-presidential game was emerging in some quarters, leaving other Democrats to wonder privately whether Mr. Obama's campaign was getting too cute in playing "catch me if you can" with the news media at the expense of a more resonant message on economic issues.

And the Seahawks blew it in the final minute of the Super Bowl, getting too cute inside the one-yard line by trying to pass instead of letting Marshawn Lynch pound in for a touchdown.

"I tried to get too cute with it," he said.

"I think I got too cute with him," Morris said of Ortiz.

Of his quadruple bogey, Mickelson said: "I obviously tried to get too cute.

We haven't seen you for a few days.' " 6. Show restraint (and don't get too cute).

To that I'll add one thing: namely, don't try to get too cute too quickly while recycling flat old toys for the project.