- present participle of scheme.
scheming
Example Sentences
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Scheming Corvette is Palmer’s newest marvelously louche heroine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Scheming mastermind Cyrus was punished, but only by being forced to resign the vice presidency.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2018
His final season includes a production of Dion Boucicault's The School for Scheming, and the UK premiere of It Just Stopped by Australian playwright Stephen Sewe.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2013
It also has a licensing agreement with figurine manufacturer Bradford Exchange, raising fans’ hopes for a range of “Downton” dolls — Scheming Thomas and Admirable Bates, perhaps.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2013
Now the landlord of the pastoral hotel Spends his mornings, nights, and eke his afternoons, Scheming plans to get more milk from out the well, And a hundred novel ways of cooking prunes.
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick
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