- present participle of connive.
conniving
Example Sentences
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SantaCon’s conniving leader gives New Yorkers another reason to hate the yearly bar crawl.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
I love their coach, their quarterback, their coolness, their momentum, their journey without the conniving Bill Belichick.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
She may be a conniving opportunist; she may be an abused and desperate woman simply hoping for a better life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
"Marty Supreme," starring Oscars frontrunner Timothee Chalamet as a conniving 1950s table tennis player with big dreams, finished in fifth place at $6.7 million.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
“He’s been a source of conniving and cajolery in this community long enough,” Mrs. Larkin continued.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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