scheming

Example Sentences

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Meng, who had initially been charged with scheming to evade US sanctions on Iran, was freed in September 2021.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Their closeness derails Rausch’s “three steps ahead” scheming.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Rather than basing the one-sheet around Lee Byung Hun’s scheming, murderous Man-su, she emphasized a blooming crape myrtle tree, a reference to the protagonist’s garden.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

He manufactures, or tweaks, certain characters—Harlander, for instance, who is played by Christoph Waltz and echoes the scheming Dr. Pretorius in the 1935 “Bride.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The next exit would take me to the college and, with my luck, I’d run right into my father or one of his scheming grad students.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson