Sentence examples for like a shrewd from inspiring English sources

It was like a shrewd rabbit that has three holes.

The plan prompted a chorus of complaints but looks like a shrewd financial move.

It did not seem like a shrewd career choice for a 35-year-old, but it somehow worked.

The more the agents learned about Quirino, whose real name they still did not know, the more he seemed like a shrewd and vigilant manager.

If this is the case, it would seem like a shrewd move on behalf of a cocktail bar owner, keeping customers indoors spending money on drinks.

The bad news for Labour is that this studied banality already looks like a shrewd tactic for undermining the New Decency.

It was a bright decision to hang on to Knoblauch then and it looked like a shrewder choice yesterday when Knoblauch slapped three hits and drove in a run as the Yankees tamed the Mariners, 4-2, in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

Holland presents Claudius somewhat less sympathetically than the BBC TV series and Robert Graves novels, I, Claudius: he was, like Augustus, a "shrewd operator", who played a similarly complex game: constantly paying homage to the old traditions of Rome while at the same time innovating and expanding the empire.

Angie's Body has been dubbed a Sopranos-like drama, based around a shrewd and lethal woman who runs a family-based crime syndicate.

Like his father, a shrewd politician hailed as generous and criticized as corrupt, Mr. Hariri prompts strong emotions.

With artists like Mr. McKenzie around, a shrewd critical take on race and politics will never be wanting.