How to use "shrewd" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "shrewd" in popular movie and book plots

  • Ashok now becomes Bikram Singh, and he must seek out Deepa, and his shrewd and calculating colleagues at the bank to extract vengeance.  - Jeevan Mrityu
  • Whereupon Narses, a shrewd strategist, does not waste the opportunity to subdue the Ostrogoths.  - A Struggle for Rome
  • Rimmer might not be excessively bright but he is shrewd and furthermore he's got a perfect plan — he'll cheat.  - Holoship
  • Jon and Klara become sexual partners, but she soon tires of him and develops a relationship with Teruo Nakagomi, a shrewd businessman.  - Gradisil
  • Their frequent employer is Jim Ed Love (Chill Wills), a shrewd businessman who always gets the better of them.  - The Rounders (1965 film)
  • In one such robbery, he is being watched by a jolly but shrewd police inspector Amjad Khan (Amjad Khan).  - Qurbani (film)
  • The scheming Daqiu married a shrewd Baozhu (Cynthia Koh).  - Portrait of Home
  • The minister is shrewd enough to teach a key sentence to Kalidasa.  - Kaviratna Kalidasa
  • The Hero for the Necropolis campaign is the shrewd and cunning Markal.  - Heroes of Might and Magic V
  • In the meantime, Meg begins to fall in love with Nath, but his jealous and shrewd girlfriend Tibby (Julie London) has other plans for him.  - The Red House (film)
  • Julius Sagamore, the shrewd family solicitor, then suggests that Epifania undergo therapy with noted society psychiatrist Adrian Bond.  - The Millionairess
  • However Luca becomes jealous when she forms a romantic alliance with Vittorio (Paolo Seganti), a shrewd Italian lawyer.  - Tea with Mussolini
  • Morgus lands by Stotz' crashed ship, and learns that his shrewd secretary has disposed him from power.  - The Caves of Androzani
  • MacHardie, a shrewd businessman, sensing Alfred's drive and ambition, offers him a job in his investment firm.  - From the Terrace
  • Deeds, however, proves to be a shrewd judge of character, easily fending off Cedar and other greedy opportunists.  - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • After watching their behaviour however, she realizes these men are just as iniquitous and shrewd as her previous victims.  - Incubus (1966 film)

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