Sample Sentences for
shrewd
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    Dumbledore's got a shrewd idea,' said Lupin, 'and Dumbledore's shrewd ideas normally turn out to be accurate.'  (source)
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    My boys are young, but they are very shrewd.  (source)
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    Always looked half asleep, but was shrewd as could be when it came to a point of law.  (source)
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    On the other hand, Arkush writes, Chinese proverbs are striking in their belief that "hard work, shrewd planning and self-reliance or cooperation with a small group will in time bring recompense."  (source)
    shrewd = smart
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    You be the fool," he gazed shrewdly at Brinker, "you do whatever anyone wants whenever they want it.†  (source)
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    Not only that, but the subtle insanity of Ahab respecting Moby Dick was noways more significantly manifested than in his superlative sense and shrewdness in foreseeing that, for the present, the hunt should in some way be stripped of that strange imaginative impiousness which naturally invested it; that the full terror of the voyage must be kept withdrawn into the obscure background (for few men's courage is proof against protracted meditation unrelieved by action); that when they stood their long night watches, his officers and men must have some nearer things to think of than Moby Dick.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    He was shrewder than I, however: the moment I sat down I began to feel sleepy.  (source)
    shrewder = smarter
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    His powers of observation had served him well in a society where only the shrewdest, most opportunistic, most selfish, and least loyal to friends flourished.  (source)
    shrewdest = smartest
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    It seems too easy, the clues adding up to one message, especially for a shrewd guy like Westing.†  (source)
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    "Of course we're hoping Eadlyn will find someone worthy of settling down with," Mom began shrewdly.†  (source)
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    The man himself was a mixture of simplicity, shrewdness, and amiability.†  (source)
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    My grandfather was much shrewder than that.†  (source)
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    And then, one after the other, there came a series of incidents so curious and so inexplicable that the very shrewdest people began to feel uneasy.†  (source)
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