manipulative
Example Sentences
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Sentencing the three on Tuesday at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Christopher Hehir called Dale a "thoroughly devious and untruthful and manipulative young woman".
From BBC
The horrors of the 1988 chapter open the door for a plot development that risks coming across as manipulative.
From Los Angeles Times
Whether he was manipulative or just emotionally inconsistent, you felt pressured and indebted.
From MarketWatch
It’s a primitive but effective tactic identified by psychologists as one used by manipulative or narcissistic people.
From MarketWatch
There’s this question that’s open to interpretation of, are the others being manipulative, or are they sincere?
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