Sentence examples for this was not manipulative from inspiring English sources

(This was not manipulative bargaining).

And perhaps Zynga games like FrontierVille are not manipulative at all in the sense that they are so transparent about how they operate.

Therese is no Ripley: she is not manipulative or parasitical in the way she might be in another sort of story – the sort, in fact, that might want to insist on an unhappy ending for gay love – but the two lovers take off together, on the lam almost.

Girlogic: "I'm just not a political person; I'm not manipulative.

It isn't long, it's not manipulative, and McQueen never betrays the trust of the audience by showing some grotesque bit of torture porn that would be home in the "Saw" franchise.

His guilt-tripping and manipulative tactics (I'm not even sure there is a Dave on our street) just made me all the more certain this was not something I wanted to support on a monthly basis.

This isn't as manipulative as it sounds.

Special note: This is not meant to be tricky or manipulative; it's simply expressing what you want to happen with positive language instead of negative.

Moreover, attention-seeking or not, this is not the time to be exploring manipulative personality traits; that can be left for the recovery phase.

What might this talented young star achieve if she were in a film which was not fantastically manipulative and crass?

Black's device is counterfactually manipulative even if it is not actually manipulative.