Sentence examples for manipulative manner from inspiring English sources

It does this in a manipulative manner using appealing dogs with cute names to mask the state's coercive action.

As the camera circles around them, Land interrogates the farmer LaPadite in a wheedling, menacingly playful, manipulative manner.

In contrast to Ms. Bartoli's spitfire temperament and manipulative manner in the role, Ms. Larmore cuts a more mature figure, elegant even in her "rags," and subtly captivating.

If they were unaware, they would not have resorted to such laws to clear their names in such a crude and manipulative manner.

Black Swan holds the attention in a manipulative manner, but one can see in it the possibility of a better, more satisfying film with the same setting and the same dramatis personae.

In Libya last year, Qatar bankrolled the anti-Gaddafi rebels but channelled resources through Islamist brigades only to face criticism later that it was behaving in a manipulative manner.

Host behaviour can, however, also be affected by coevolving parasites in a non-manipulative manner, such that behavioural changes represent an adaptive response to parasite pressure.

Mr. Steinberg's mean, manipulative, manic manner, his crude personality, his upstart ways and half-crazy palaver came as no surprise to his shyster companions and associates and earned him no reprimands or warnings.

She is not smoothly manipulative in the manner of the power-hungry politician.

He is difficult, driven, emotionally damaged in some unlocatable way, manipulative and with the tense manner of someone forever suppressing an anxiety attack: his leadership talents are hampered by a control-freaky resistance to dealing with other people.

The way he sees it, Amy is chilly and manipulative; she's playing all manner of games.