Sentence examples for underhanded methods from inspiring English sources

Each of the two paleontologists used underhanded methods to try to out-compete the other in the field, resorting to bribery, theft, and destruction of bones.

The two paleontologists at the center of "Bone Wars" -- Edward Drinker Cope (Carell) of Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences and Othniel Charles Marsh (Gandolfini) of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale -- used underhanded methods to try to outdo one another and (spoiler alert) eventually, ruined their careers.

Supermajority requirements are not the only way that democracy is routinely bypassed, and Albany has its own underhanded methods for ensuring that a small group of lawmakers can dominate the majority.

He once described himself, in a self-mocking reference to the underhanded methods nurtured by the dog-eat-dog culture of British tabloids, as "la crème de la scum".

Meanwhile, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya said that he was not worried about the Phillies possibly using underhanded methods to steal signs, something they have been accused of recently.

A contemptuous duplicity, a meanness, has entered his talk on the stump — so much so that it seems obvious that, in the drive for victory, he is willing to replicate some of the same underhanded methods that defeated him eight years ago in South Carolina.

The "Merriam Tax" was an underhanded method of funneling studio funds to politicians: during the 1934 Californian gubernatorial campaign, the studio executives would 'tax' their actors, automatically taking a day's pay from their biggest-earners, ultimately sending nearly half a million dollars to the gubernatorial campaign of Frank Merriam.

An adult might use an underhanded method against another adult, by provided alcoholic beverages to the "secret keeper", in an effort to get them inebriated and learn the truth.

"It was underhanded, Serena.

"We're underhanded here.

It's a bit underhanded really.