Sentence examples for shrewd hand from inspiring English sources

Grant himself, far from being politically naive, had played a shrewd hand at times in the protection of cabinet and appointees.

They have a number of talented youngsters who should benefit from a shrewd tactical hand.

For a memorable moment in American sports car racing history, the Cobra was king, its fame nourished by Shelby's shrewd marketing hand.

Dealing in arms during the war, he also played a shrewd enough hand to emerge as the titular political leader of Bosnia's Serbs in 1996.

He's hard-headed but emotionally shrewd; a hand on a relative's shoulder as she sobs provides a glimpse of inner depth.

Gatland, whose shrewd and sympathetic hand on the tiller has played an equally crucial role in Wasps' rise, rammed home the same point.

Whether failing to support gay marriage here because of the risk it places African Christians under is shrewd or simply handing power to the oppressor can be debated.

Through a shrewd sleight-of-hand, our attention is turned away from the collective movement and toward an individual onto whom a Hero's Journey is imposed.

The defence barrister, on the other hand, was shrewd and persuasive.

"He had a keen grasp of the Arab mind in one hand and shrewd insightfulness about the complexities of getting things done in Israel on the other". Perlmutter had been a professor of political science and sociology at American University since 1972.

However, the subtle influence of language on impressions doesn't have to happen consciously, at the hands of shrewd prosecutors subtly swaying jurors through leading questions.