manipulative
Example Sentences
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There’s this question that’s open to interpretation of, are the others being manipulative, or are they sincere?
Marty and Rachel belong together, if only to quarantine their equally manipulative genes from the general population.
From Los Angeles Times
It is a term that describes manipulative tactics used to drive engagement online, with usage of it increasing threefold in the last 12 months, according to the dictionary publisher.
From BBC
With rare exceptions, bosses typically stand in as the villains in workplace movies and are often portrayed as manipulative, hard-driving taskmasters.
The case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.
From Los Angeles Times
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