6 sentences with 'cunning'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cunning and other words derived from it.
• « The Tasmanian devil's cunning and penchant for weak lambs has made it unpopular with some farmers, but not with zoologists, who stress the extraordinary value of its role in eliminating carrion from the countryside, and with it the spread of disease-carrying pests. »
• « In short, Macedonia bred some of Greece's toughest and most cunning fighters and political operators out of sheer necessity. »
• « The nobility showed their cunning in reorganising agriculture along more capitalist lines and, in turn, their hunger for land led to "enclosure" laws, especially in Britain. The result was continued, sometimes debilitating, pressure on the peasants. »
• « Popular tales among slaves included stories of tricksters, cunning slaves, or animals like Brer Rabbit, who outwitted their antagonists. »