scheming

To that end he spends a large part of his time in scheming how to get rid of all the other tints.

The scheming ambition of Sir Frederick Langley engaged him in the unfortunate insurrection of 1715.

As if she had never suspected that such was the result of her scheming, Mrs Oldcastle's demeanour changed utterly.

We are keeping our secret as well as we can, hoping for relief from Montgomery, and scheming to receive assurance of it.

I can picture to myself Waldstein pacing along that alley of clipped trees, now overgrown, scheming and planning.

In scheming the sequence of incidents, and in suppressing explanatory narrative, lies the art of the dramatist.

"You're a slinkin', mean-faced, scheming hound," came in gruff tones from no less a person than Hawkins.

The next morning he was at his desk, clear-eyed and clear-headed, and for a few weeks was a busy, scheming man of business.

Whatever we do let us be silent, and keep this from that wretched, scheming girl.'

I know he likes you, and if he is to be kept back like this, a scheming woman will secure him for some creature or another.