Example Sentences

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Smith denied the charges against him and claimed his victims were "scheming" and "liars" but was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2015

Western-based exiles were scheming to get back into power, and one of the key plotters, Ali Akbar Tabatabai, lived in Bethesda, Maryland, a Washington suburb.

From Newsweek • Feb. 9, 2015

Haslam said he was unaware any of his employees were scheming customers and was deeply troubled by the assertions, calling them "sickening."

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2013

Are we to believe that there was some kind of plot where people were scheming to help him?

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 18, 2012

Also said you kids were scheming something fierce in the front of the store.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry