Sentence examples for shrewd penchant from inspiring English sources

Critics accuse Mr. Johnson, who has a shrewd penchant for self-parody, of not taking the problem seriously.

The fashion is scheduled to change every two days - a shrewd nod to that penchant for change including drop culture (consignments of items that aren't restocked, adding to the shopping frisson), but the curatorial thinking behind the collective of labels trails a more mechanical, dispassionate path.

Larry Hogan owes something of his popularity to his penchant for centrism, caution and political small ball — a shrewd strategy for a Republican chief executive in a heavily Democratic state.

The unlikely hero of this wartime tale was Ewen Montagu, a shrewd criminal lawyer and workaholic with a prematurely receding hairline and a penchant for stinky cheese — proving once again that not all spies are dashing romantic figures.

He was recognised as a shrewd thinker about the game and was popular with team-mates and opponents, with a penchant for practical jokes.

A penchant for sadomasochism.

Charlie was shrewd.

Curiously, a penchant for overalls.

But Pleble was shrewd.

That's shrewd politics.

It was a shrewd move.