Example sentences for: shrewdness

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

  • Pundits agreed he had botched much of his job but also noted his shrewdness in 1) capturing the world's attention on New Year's Eve; 2) cutting his losses before his communism-busting legacy was further tainted by a money-laundering scandal or the war in Chechnya; and 3) designating his likely successor, who has immunized Yeltsin from prosecution.

  • Her shrewdness and star appeal may have kept the endowment alive through troubled times.

  • Such native shrewdness means excellent judgment of character and more Shetland proverbs echo this.

  • Editorialists admired and reviled his diabolical shrewdness.

  • Nixon was undone as president not because he was too shrewd but because of something shrewdness didn't help him with: personal bitterness and lack of scruples.


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