| It's a well-worn theme that Dastgir tweaks by having her characters invoke the concept of family manipulatively, in pursuit of selfish ends. |
| The entertainment industry can force you to work among people who are boldly critical and manipulatively negative. |
| She starts it with urgent sincerity and then develops that manipulatively. |
| Perhaps, in Australia, it's even manipulatively so — a deliberately harsh depiction of a societal divide that is actually more complex and nuanced. |
| This is not a word I use often or hear used often, except lightly, ignorantly, or manipulatively. |
| Obsessed by this uncontrollable feeling, she manipulatively inches her way into Lola's life. |
