Sentence examples similar to machinator from inspiring English sources

The Fanjuls were noted political machinators during previous environmental battles, angling to defeat a proposed federal sugar tax linked to clean-ups in the Everglades.

The book roughly approximates the experience of sitting across from Willie Brown over a long breakfast, refilling one's coffee as he works his way through the tall tales and tangents that made him one of the great machinators of his age.