Sentences with phrase «of cunning»

In another example of the cunning design ideas found throughout the house, a trampoline is sunk into the lawn so as not to spoil the smart look of the garden.

My younger sister asked what sweets I loved last time I visited, she knows I absolutely adore Turkish delight and made it part of her cunning plan to fatten me up..

There are also a couple of cunning little nipples on the underside of the soundbar.

However, they approach the issue with a long - term perspective instead of a cunning point of view to...

Perhaps now the most impressive display of our cunning and ability would be to keep that from happening to our closest genetic relatives.

Psychologists at the University of Toronto subjected students to a series of cunning experiments.

Plenty, according to Paul Chan, who has long been interested in the relation of cunning to creativity, or, more pointedly, to an artist's work.

Overdue but extremely welcome, this retrospective in her adopted hometown will include not only her large - scale, color - saturated installations but also dozens of her cunning «Minimes,» influenced by her professor Josef Albers and the indigenous crafts she saw in Latin America.

Cultivating the right relationships takes a bit of cunning, a bit of cold (icicle in the heart) because the editor is always present.

«Cut the Rope: Experiments takes the original \'s addictive formula and adds a splash of deviousness, thanks to the addition of some cunning new items.»

They claim the «natural» and «fluid» movement puts you in the shoes of a cunning thief.

In Cutthroat, up to four players compete in a battle of cunning and wits as they track down and eliminate on another, all the while remaining hidden themselves within a crowd of identical NPCs.

But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda.

Taking control of Cactus — or one of an army of unlockable friends — it'll be up to you to utilise your very best twin stick shooting skills as you navigate your way through tight stages which are filled to the very rafters with a variety of cunning enemies.

With (very) limited supplies you're going to have to use some of your cunning..

no, * all * of your cunning to get you and your survivors to the Canada border.

SNIPER ELITE 4's launch trailer shows agent Karl Fairburne use all of his cunning, adaptability and ruthless precision, just as players can when SNIPER ELITE 4 launches on February 14th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC!

And suddenly, the monster was real and the Mouse needed every bit of cunning he had.

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty - Eight Nights is satirical and bawdy, full of cunning and folly, rivalries and betrayals, kismet and karma, rapture and redemption.

If ever there was a man in need of a cunning plan it has to be this «Blackadder».

The connection between the two halves of Thunderstruck feel a little strained; while H.H. Holmes committed his murders against the backdrop of the World's Fair, there are years between Marconi inventing the wireless and Crippin's undoing at the hands of this cunning new invention - years that require Larson to jump back and forwards in time which makes for a slightly awkward read.

As the Protestant Reformation sweeps across Europe to lap at England's shores, relations between her king and the Catholic Church begin to plummet - driven by Henry VIII's insatiable need for a male heir and the urgings of his cunning mistress Anne Boleyn - and heresy begins to take hold.

Certainly, the fact that I had translated some of these tales back in the nineties really helped me have a sense of them, since I'd studied them and thought about the lessons they were teaching: this is a tale of cunning; this is a tale of folk wisdom; that's a tale about listening to your elders; that's a tale about not listening to your elders.

When «Argo» turns serious, it starts to drag, in large part because the subjects of the operation (fully aware of the 52 other Americans that didn't escape the embassy and remained in a perilous hostage situation) lack the depth of the cunning Mendez, the focus of our sympathies when he encounters hesitations from the Americans to play along.

When the deceitful actions of a cunning but beautiful woman (Alba) force him to return to the life he left behind, Bishop's life is once again in danger as he has to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world.

Naturally, Katniss is chosen, and Peeta volunteers as tribute along with he., It's going to take some allies, some wits, and a whole lot of cunning to try to get out alive again this time against the most ruthless killers in the territories.

It is a beautiful piece of cinema where two children are stalked by a pair of cunning, dangerous Raptors.

Every area in the complex, non-linear level designs feels like a new logic puzzle, which can only be solved through the proper mix of cunning and the ability to adapt when your best - laid plans go to hell in a handbasket.

The fight for order and control in Gotham is deadlier than ever with the introduction of cunning, new DC Super-Villains who might alter the future of our heroes and their beloved city.

When the deceitful actions of a cunning but beautiful woman [Jessica Alba] force him to return to the life he left behind, Bishop's life is once again in danger as he has to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world.

Franco is surprisingly good as the film's only wild card, Gator, a jackal - like mix of cunning and cowardice that makes for a good foil for the stalwart Broker to contend with.

The president, however, is but a pawn in the machinations of cunning EPA chief Russ Cargill (voiced by Brooks).

But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda.

Sorvino plays the part of the cunning princess as if she were the pretty star of a high school play who means well but has only a modicum of talent.

Modern genetic technologies may help complete the restoration of this cunning predator of the prairies» keystone species: the prairie dog.

«It is a rather remarkable example of the cunning strategy the AIDS virus employs to help ensure its survival and spread.»

The answer — at least for one type of forest — may lie in the criminal antics of a cunning rodent.

The brain's crystal ball may arise from a blend of cunning statistics and a technique that minimises surprises, linked to the laws of thermodynamics

But as a Kingston resident I can't help worrying that the mayor's team of rookies got outsmarted by County Executive Mike Hein's squad of cunning veterans.

The revenge he has taken on the shadow Chancellor has confirmed the dark prince's rather exaggerated reputation as a master of the cunning political arts.

Nothing about Cameron & Osborne makes me think they're capable of the level of cunning you're hinting at.

And part of her cunning was never ever to tell anyone that she was cunning.

For instance, if you're a reporter and you're spending minutes a day tweeting about your morning coffee - and - a-bagel, you're probably just wasting time — yours and others» — unless it's within the context of a cunning plan to humanize you in the eyes of an adoring public.

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.

Arsenal are often punished by these types of cunning tactic, so they must stop Tottenham players before reaching the penalty box.

Inanna also managed to charm the gift of cunning from Enki, and from Enlil, the gift of force.

Either in confused obscurity about oneself and one's significance, or with a trace of hypocrisy, or by the help of cunning and sophistry which is present in all despair, despair over sin is not indisposed to bestow upon itself the appearance of something good.

In general the trouble lies in resorting to selfishness and the exercise of cunning.

Anyone who looks with sensitivity at the suffering of the poor and powerless, suffering that most of us do not deliberately intend, has a sense that some kind of cunning evil that is too strong for us and dehumanizes us has captured and controls the systems and structures in which we live.

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.