connive
verb (used without object)
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ).
is conniving
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present progressiveof connive (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now comes word that Snyder is conniving with D.C.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
The teetotaling vegetarian is conniving, disarming, engaging, and quick with such perfect sound bites as the fact that his favorite cartoon is Tom and Jerry, since the mouse so often wins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cordelia has set foot in the country with her French soldiers, determined to regain the kingdom for her father, and Gloucester, whom Cornwall regards as belonging to his own faction, is conniving with Cordelia.
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by William Poel
"But surely"—and now there was mounting incredulity and indignation in Miss Smith's tone—"but surely no one dares to assert that my cousin is conniving at anything improper?"
From From Place to Place by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
