conniver

Example Sentences

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But Lincoln’s bumbling successor, Andrew Johnson, brought the conniver back out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2018

So many things writ into him, saint, conniver, fallen soul, dreamer, and a laugh that comes at you like a roll of thunder.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2017

A psychiatrist with a lucrative pharmaceutical business, he turns out to have been as much a conniver as a connoisseur.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2015

As anybody who has grappled with “Ulysses” knows, the ultimate contender, conniver, and man for every occasion is Joyce himself.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 16, 2014

And not because he was a conniver either; I was sure of that.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles