Example sentences for: manipulative

How can you use “manipulative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Whereas the opening manages to be shocking and ironic at once, the picture's turning point is crudely manipulative.

  • A profile of Patricia Duff traces her career as a manipulative, self-destructive femme fatale . After she failed at three marriages and at attempts to leverage wealth and connections into a career as a political powerbroker, she wed Revlon CEO Ron Perelman.

  • They sound controlling and manipulative and demonstrably unfriendly.

  • Sugarcoated and manipulative is how critics describe this Garry Marshall film about two mentally handicapped young adults (Giovanni Ribisi and Juliette Lewis) who fall in love.

  • Of course--maybe not "of course" from your point of view?--I love to see them trip over their own manipulative politics.


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