Sentence examples for make shrewd use from inspiring English sources

But Trollope also populates the multiple subplots of his story with strong-willed women who make shrewd use of the power of their sex to achieve their objectives.

After two efforts that were scrapped as amateur, he came through with "Steamboat Willie", which had the luck to make shrewd use of the new device of sound.

When the number of occupying troops is condemned as insufficient for the occupying task at hand, the White House and Pentagon may figure out how to make shrewder use of U.S. air power -- in combination with private mercenaries and Iraqis who are desperate enough for jobs that they're willing to point guns at the occupiers' enemies.

But she made shrewd use of her potential liabilities.

At other moments Hiromi made shrewd use of syncopation and even, fleetingly, silence.

The picture is crammed with subplots and with milling extras and activity making shrewd use of the wide screen.

By working hard, leasing some mineral-rich plots and making shrewd use of technology, the Drummond family became rich.

Mr. Argue writes music steeped in brooding harmony but propelled by surging rhythm, making shrewd use of accretion and crescendo.

That fact seems to have nothing to do with the book until Mr. Grisham makes shrewd use of race later on.

And Ms. Mann has also made shrewd use of nontraditional casting, employing black actors in a fashion that fixes the eye of this production on the American century.

The book projects aligned closely with the causes she embraced, like promoting literacy and public service, and made shrewd use of Ms. Kennedy's own fame and social networks.