Sentences with phrase «as cunning»

It is manifest that we are confronted with the task of first construing «and / or,» that befuddling, nameless thing, that Janus - faced verbal monstrosity, neither word nor phrase, the child of a brain of some one too lazy or too dull to express his precise meaning, or too dull to know what he did mean, now commonly used by lawyers in drafting legal documents, through carelessness or ignorance or as a cunning device to conceal rather than express meaning with view to furthering the interest of their clients.

Artist Statement «People need to start seeing the wolf as a key player in the larger ecosystem, instead of as cunning sheep slayer.

They're simply not as cunning as human players, often charging down streets covered by machine - gunners, getting mowed down mercilessly.

Now that the release date for Grand Theft Auto Online «s latest update is here, Rockstar Games has now provided even more details about the content that has been added, which is known as Cunning Stunts: Special Vehicle Circuit.

To the humans, they looked much like the tigers of Old Earth, and they soon proved themselves to be every bit as cunning and dangerous.

You play as the cunning, deadly Agent 47, set free in open - ended missions that order you to take down hard targets while keeping your enemies in the dark about how you managed the task.

But it also probes into the philosophies and personalities behind the headlines, from Kennedy, whom Peet characterizes as «a wreck of a man,» to Khrushchev, whom he describes as «hard as a drill bit and as cunning as a lavatory rat.»

Interestingly, the inability to purchase titles has nothing to do with the ebooks at this time, as Amazon is as cunning as they are gutsy.

Later on, when I was too big to hide, they came to ask her other things, for by this time her reputation as a cunning woman with magical powers had spread as thistledown does, blown on the hot winds of gossip.

How better to push the fears of the day to the back than before a flickering entertainment as cunning as this one?

The late Michael Crichton was as cunning as the fictional mad men he occasionally chronicled.

This is despite an opening bit, narrated by Ricky Jay no less, that would seem to indicate a fun and light - hearted romp, as the title characters (played by Mark Ruffalo and Adrian Brody) are established as cunning siblings with a penchant for engaging in almost ridiculously complex con games.

The trouble is, she and her devious employers didn't count on their target being as cunning and clever as only the best Liam Neeson characters can be.

The film is ruthless in its dissection of these people, seeing them as flattering pawns under Stalin and as cunning power - grabbers after the leader's death.

Tara Reid also returns for one episode, while seasonal guest Richard Kind (also of «Spin City») stays for a two - episode arc involving former «E.R.» actress Julianna Margulies as a cunning malpractice attorney.

Would you buy Dianna Agron as the cunning, savvy Johanna?

Should it be this telling that Miller as cunning is so much less than Miller as prize?

As Pathfinder emphasizes repeatedly, he's sensitive, sad, and pained, as well as cunning and powerful.

Oscar winner Christian Bale (The Fighter, the Dark Knight trilogy) as the cunning panther, Bagheera; Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, The Aviator) as the sinister snake, Kaa; Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Avengers: Infinity War) as the fearsome tiger, Shere Khan; Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight, Skyfall) as Nisha, the female wolf, who adopts the baby Mowgli as one of her cubs; and Andy Serkis (the Planet of the Apes trilogy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) as the wise bear, Baloo.

This study suggests that some challenges will be as unexpected as a cunning predator.

People were to animals such as having the strength of a lion, or as cunning as a fox.95

As the Ragin» Cajun, Remy LeBeau has built a strong fan base around his persona as a cunning, manipulative member of the X-Men with the ability to deliver an occasional one - liner off the top of his head.

Not exact matches

And insofar as the government is about to «change the rules,» taking the five - year prohibition on license transfer and extending it a further five years... as you change the rules you effect the marketplace, and disrupt the balance that government strives to offer, so I see a refund as a valid mechanism and a cunning tactic for both sides.

John MacLean liked to think of himself as more cunning than most criminals.

Trump's being cunning — not dumb — over China, says trade expert ING analyst: U.S. president could «emerge as the winner in the noisiest trade quarrel» in two decadesU.S.

But, as a (moderate) supporter of Basic Income, I think I might just have a Cunning Plan.

In a bit of cunning, he argued that the open - ended nature of the commitment — which most economists view as highly stimulative — would allow the Fed to pull back if the economy takes off.

Daniel was described as well favored, skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science.

The text is too often clogged with seemingly endless lists of names, family connections, and geographical details, but Richelieu comes through as a man of remarkable talent, cunning, and devotion.

These gods of the boutique can come from anywhere — native North American religion, the Indian subcontinent, some Pre-Raphaelite grove shrouded in Celtic twilight, cunning purveyors of otherwise worthless quartz, pages drawn at random from Robert Graves, Aldous Huxley, Carl Jung, or that redoubtable old Aryan, Joseph Campbell — but where such gods inevitably come to rest are not so much divine hierarchies as ornamental étagères, where their principal office is to provide symbolic representations of the dreamier sides of their votaries» personalities.

Instead they were depicted as «horrid savages» devoted to murder, rape, human sacrifice, and cannibalism and prepared to use every ruse of cunning and treachery.

I wouldn't call the deceive stuff bad............... Jesus is cunning and Matt 10:16 tells us to be cunning as a snakes even............ not the afrikaans though.lol

But quite as often, and perhaps more characteristically, he resorted to the curved ball of a parable or the seduction of a riddle — that is, to the very cunning» of a story that forces the listener to come clean.

For as humanists flock together en mass, their individual cunning becomes alikened to hypnotic suggestives from braggerville central!

Fuller indicates that world salvation will in time occur by inadvertence, as an automatic result of nature's cunning and the continued operation of given historical dynamics.

And what of the trend in children's programming in which adults and parents come off as bumbling boobs, while children are portrayed as capable and cunning?

«These people,» Solzhenitsyn remarks, «who had experienced on their own hides twenty - four years of Communist happiness, knew by 1941 what as yet no one else in the world knew: That nowhere on the planet, nowhere in history, was there a regime more vicious, more bloodthirsty, and at the same time more cunning and ingenious than the Bolshevik, the self - styled Soviet regime.»

A good example of this is the current representation of Isma`ilism (Shi`a) as a conspiracy initiated with devilish cunning by one individual.

«This time, however, the creative reveals a more intellectual and cunning side of Jameson's character as he devises an ingenious plan to retrieve his precious whiskey barrel.

But we can not blame Wenger alone, as there are other powerful people running the most cunning football club in the world.

that is a farytale that will sadly not come to fruition as you need to be ruthless and cunning as well as to be able to implement tactics to exploit your opponents weakness to win games.

In 1981 Mike Cunning first played in the Far East as a lark.

Because Accam playing head - up is now rewarded by seeing cunning, perfectly - timed runs from Niko and de Leeuw and the ability to play quick 1 - 2s with passers as accurate as Dax McCarty and Juninho.

Deco I would play in the middle as a creative partner for Cesc, take a little weigt of the Spanish Maestro, rub a little cunning off on Denislson, who knows what he might do with Rosicky — you know that getting the dodgy free kick on the opponents 18 yard line with two minutes to go, and actuallly having a player to take a free kick rather than RvP blasting it skywards effort after effort

Gary Cahill span himself round and round as he tried to find the right orientation to react to the Belgian's cunning.

Klopp's rotation, which would have been marked as a sign of strength otherwise, was to blame for the dropped points - not a moment of cunning from Calvert - Lewin met with idiocy from Lovren, or the opportunities Liverpool spurned to further put their boot on the throat of their rivals.

Players, being cunning little individuals, will use it for «tactical» reviews, such as when they need to slow their opponent's momentum, or they need to catch a breather.

As a bonus, they'll even stop those cunning felines from raiding the pantry.

As ideas go it is a stupid one — up their with the cunningest of Baldrick's cunning plans.

Femi Fani - Kayode has gained unfettered notoriety for cunning emotional claptrap, disguised as some reasoned real deal.