cunning

Example Sentences

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I’d seen the series countless times, often quoting the hilarious lines that she delivered with such singular eccentricity — dripping with sequin-laced cunning.

From Los Angeles Times

It says, therefore, a great deal in Christopher Forrester’s favor that he refused —with speed and cunning and courage—to be eaten.

From Literature

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

“I put down that you’re patriotic,” I told Imogene, “and brave and resourceful...and cunning and shrewd and creative, and enterprising and sharp and inventive...”

From Literature

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