Sentence examples for underhand attempt from inspiring English sources

Politics, in its rawest form, should be about winning an argument, a battle of ideas – not an underhand attempt to strip your opponents of their weaponry.

This does not allow MPs to consider the accounts before recess and smacks of an underhand attempt to cover up the poor state of finances in your department".

The astronomer Royal has won this year's £1m Templeton Prize, an award denounced by many atheist scientists as an underhand attempt to promote religion by linking it with science.

I cannot see the Arab or European mainstream, never mind this supposedly homogenous 'Left' accepting this is anything other than an underhand attempt to grab hold of one of the biggest oil producers in this world.

"This intervention bears all the hallmarks of an underhand attempt to silence civil society groups who don't share the Brexit camp's views," he wrote in an article for the Guardian.

Evolutionary biologist and atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins dismissed the prize as an award "usually [given] to a scientist prepared to say something nice about religion", while others said the tactics were an underhand attempt to promote religion by linking it with science.

The rivalry became especially fierce in September 1884, when, amid accusations that the clubs were using underhand tactics in attempts to "poach" each other's star players, the Rovers' secretary sent a telegram to his opposite number stating that his club would play no matches against Olympic in the 1884 85 season.

Bell said in a statement the story was "an attempt by unethical, underhand deception to manufacture a story where none exists".

I wouldn't dream of suggesting he's going to try underhand methods.

Wurtenburg developed his own unique style at quarterback, regularly attempting "long, low, underhand passes" to his teammates to help set up scoring plays.

Sadly, it was no real surprise to me when Pauline Pearce labelled the Liberal Democrats' attitudes to race as "neanderthal" and accused them of "underhand racism" as she ditched her attempt to become party president.