Examples of scheming in a Sentence
the novel is about an elderly man and his scheming son who is impatient to inherit the family fortune
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That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy get revenge on two scheming executives.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
Four young soccer superfans team up to help their idols regain their abilities after a scheming evil scientist steals their talent.
—Rodney Ho, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy get revenge on two scheming executives.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
Four young soccer superfans team up to help their idols regain their abilities after a scheming evil scientist steals their talent.
—Rodney Ho, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for scheming
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“Scheming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scheming. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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