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How to use shrewder in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word shrewder? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Because otherwise Nung Van Van would hide himself in a shrewder manner than rats.
A shrewder wordsmith might have better navigated the thicket of legislative traps during the Arizona debate.
He was described as the apotheosis of mediocrity by MacArthur, but he was much wiser and shrewder.
And even some reformists believe that, while anyone would be better than the incumbent president, it may be shrewder to back a conservative who might fulfil his promises rather than a reformist who very well might not.
To critics, his moral approach to politics masked an arrogance and a refusal to listen to those with shrewder views of what was best for his country. Tanzanians abandoned ujamaa as soon as they could.
Another new group led by a former chairman of JPMorgan Chase has nudged the church to become more open about its finances and shrewder in its investments. Such pressure is squeezing concessions from the church.
With repairs and sounder management, the thinking went, they ought to turn a decent profit. In fact the investments turned out to be shrewder than anyone could have expected.
As a crude pound-per-job ratio, investing in homes looks a shrewder investment, with a new job created for every £300,000 invested compared to more than £1.5m invested in road building.
He also has a shrewder understanding than many of his colleagues of why it is that the Tories don't seem to be getting as much credit for economic buoyancy as they feel they deserve.
Examples from Classical Literature
The capitalist class, far shrewder than the feudalistic rulers, dispenses with personally equipped armed force.
There was a shrewder man back of him who planned this and took the 102 money.
He might gamble with loaded dice in the City, and people would applaud him as cleverer and shrewder than his opponents.
Or maybe Warne has been even shrewder and knows a fatal flaw in Carberry's game that he will reveal to the Aussie side once the Ashes start.
They are shrewder people than we take them for, and kind-hearted as well.
It was a game between them, which was the shrewder, which would win out?
Corbyn is much shrewder than many give him credit for and yesterday he proved that he also has the vital killer instinct.
That time was on Saturday morning when you would have looked much shrewder.
There are few shrewder in the transfer market than manager Paul Lambert and he must use this summer to help stabilise the club's position in the Premier League.
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