Use canny in a sentence
Sentences ending with canny
- I have spent most of my life wooing Madame Fortune; I find that makes a man canny. [11]
Short sentences using canny
- A deuced canny move. [9]
More example sentences with the word canny in them
- He himself had recently diverted the public mind by the gift of a bell to the Norembega Theological (colored) Institute, and the paragraph announcing the fact conveyed the impression that while Uncle Jerry was a canny old customer, his heart was on the right side. [4]
- It was for only fifty dollars, and the canny Scotch blood in Beaton rebelled; he could not let this picture go for any such money; he felt a little like a man whose generosity has been trifled with. [8]
- But in the next letter we discover designs on a certain very canny Scotchman of Skibo. [5]
- The first and most immediate of these is a certain canny captain of many wars whose regiment is still at the disposal of either army--for a price, a regiment which has hitherto remained strictly neutral. [9]
- His good looks, education, smartness (we use the word advisedly) and misfortunes seem to have created much sympathy for the captive, but canny Scot. [11]
- And you," he cried, rising and slapping me between the shoulders, "you are to keep watch, like the dear, careful, canny, sly rascal you are. [9]
- Yes, Mr. Bijah Bixby is the canny captain of whom Mr. Balch spoke: he it is who owns that block of river towns, intact, and the one senator. [9]
- If I make a contract with the canny Scot, I will then tell him the plan which you and I have devised (that of taking in the humor of all countries)--otherwise I'll keep it to myself, I think. [5]
This page helps answer: how do I use the word canny in a sentence? How do you use canny in a sentence? Can you give me a sentence for the word canny? It contains example sentences with the word canny, a sentence example for canny, and canny in sample sentence.