cunningness

Example Sentences

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“He is one of the craftiest, cunningest boxers that ever stepped into the ring,” said the legendary boxer John L. Sullivan, in the aftermath of what was called “the fight of the century.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 8, 2018

Eliza beth I learned that "the Italians had the name to be the cunningest," but what Italian paintings the crown acquired were largely sold off by Cromwell though the Restoration Stuarts searched to recover them.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Even the cunningest slip up now and then,” he said.

From The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition by Breckenridge, Gerald

“She says ‘Ah reckon so’ in just the cunningest way!”

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

The cottage is the cunningest thing you ever saw, just two rooms, high on the hill overlooking the bay.

From Eve to the Rescue by Summers, Dudley Gloyne