cunning

Example Sentences

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As Thia tries to complete the mission she failed alongside her synthetic sister, Fanning relishes the chance to play the far more violent and cunning counterpart, Tessa.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

A dizzyingly beautiful one and a disarmingly talented one — with all the accompanying cunning, love complexity and joy it means to be human.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Fiona later admitted: "My cunning plan was not cunning at all!"

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

“The cunning they used to survive a hustler’s childhood,” Ms. Collinsworth observes, “had become a streak of ruthlessness in their adulthood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She delighted in his wily mind, his shrewdness and his cunning; she was always forward to help him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton