Sentence examples for looking shrewd from inspiring English sources

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If the more promising opinion polls on the last day had been right, Miliband might have been able to address his party with a tone of some vindication – many of the judgments he had made, often criticised and even derided by his own side, looking shrewd and ultimately rather effective.

And to me, they're looking shrewd doing it.

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At first his decision to call the election looked shrewd, as the Conservatives raced to a lead of 15 percentage points in the opinion polls.

Of course, Gooden has devoured the chance, has helped stabilize the Yankees and has made them look shrewd for believing in him again.

Last night, Neagle held the Phillies to one run and five hits, struck out three and walked two, and made the Yankees look shrewd for acquiring him.

The Big East recently turned down a deal similar to the $155 million that the Atlantic Coast Conference signed last year, a move that looks shrewd in the wake of the Pac-12 deal that could average as much as $250 million a year.

La Russa's team destroyed Atlanta so he looked shrewd, and Valentine excelled as the Mets advanced after he picked Bobby Jones to start Game 4. The players will obviously determine who wins this series, but the managers matter, too.

The forestry sell-off is clearly no scandal, but few would deny that it is a political error – inept in a way that makes the cones hotline look shrewd.

A deal struck by the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, last December with Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska — an only-for-Nebraska increase in Medicaid money — looked shrewd at the time, helping the Democrats win the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster.

The rest of City's summer business looks shrewd.

Her willingness to change disciplines looked shrewd when she threw 6.66m at the CP Sport Grand Prix in Essex in May, an effort that was only kept out of the record books by a lack of ratification.

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