How to Use crafty in a Sentence
crafty
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Davis drained 3s and scored on crafty drives to the hoop.
— cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021 -
Paul is crafty and one of the best at playing mind games.
— Jason Jones, sacbee, 10 Feb. 2018 -
Feeling crafty and don't mind a mess to clean up on the first day of the New Year?
— Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 10 Dec. 2021 -
And it’s not a far journey for crafty Chicagoans to do so.
— Joanne Cleaver, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021 -
The crafty guard missed his first three shots and turned the ball over twice in 8:30 of play in the first quarter.
— Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2022 -
Finishes checks and is crafty in scrums along the walls.
— Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023 -
Get crafty or visit places around the world, all from the comfort of your own home.
— Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2020 -
There are so many ways to get crafty with wall art, and wall decals are one of them.
— Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022 -
In the home bullpen, a crafty old Cuban with a Fu Manchu mustache was warming up.
— Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 28 Mar. 2020 -
With deals proving tricky the firms have found crafty ways to expand.
— The Economist, 27 Aug. 2020 -
The 49ers’ and their old-school QB were smoked by a crafty, mobile quarterback, whom the 49ers had shunned in the draft.
— Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2021 -
The crafty Broward veterans kept the ball in play and won going away 6-3, 6-2.
— Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021 -
At the end of the episode, Shan, a crafty young Black pastor, was blindsided and sent home.
— Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2021 -
One gets crafty after a while and learns how to save oneself.
— Julie Miller, HWD, 8 Dec. 2017 -
But, in order to procure more saris, Sood has had to get crafty.
— Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 16 Sep. 2021 -
Bill Belichick, creative and crafty, once had Tebow in for a whirl.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021 -
Others even got crafty with the masks by tie-dying them or adding beads to the ties for some flair.
— Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2020 -
Rather than being as crafty as a fox, strive to be as peaceful as a dove.
— oregonlive, 2 May 2020 -
But the unique pieces shouldn’t be mistaken as crafty side projects.
— Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 18 July 2019 -
Coding Charms is the perfect way to teach coding to crafty kids.
— Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 -
Likewise, a fox is a clever hunter too and can be a daring and crafty predator.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 -
It’s sneaky, crafty, witty, a little bit tongue in cheek.
— Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021 -
Plus, its crafty blend of art and science makes learning even more fun.
— Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Go out dancing with a partner or close friends, see a movie, get crafty, etc.
— Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2023 -
Matthew Hammonds, a crafty lefty making his first start for the ‘Birds, tossed six shutout innings to earn the win.
— Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 26 June 2018 -
As a teenager, Ms. van Seenus was crafty and artistic, even sewing her own prom dress.
— New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022 -
Colby has always been crafty and is able to hone her sewing skills with the Preppy Pony.
— Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 19 June 2018 -
Strong and crafty on the ball with excellent game sense, the versatile Stroud will play all over the field.
— Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2019 -
The crafty settler was able to draw electricity from a power cord plugged into a rooftop outlet.
— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024 -
Afterward, the always cunning and crafty Larys gets a private word with Aegon and points out that Otto controlled Viserys for years.
— Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 June 2024
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