Example Sentences

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“I’m super proud of the way the defensive coaches have schemed up around our personnel, and put them not in areas to hide weaknesses but to actually use their strengths.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022

Opposing offenses have schemed with him in mind, and he must produce anyway.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2021

J.R. may have schemed in private, but he wanted it to be known.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2012

J.R. may have schemed in private, but he wanted to be known.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2012

Numerous and powerful have been the forces that have schemed, both from within and from without, in lands both far and near, to quench its light and abolish its holy name.

From The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi