(1) She was certainly clever enough, but her nature was not conniving or manipulative in any way.

(2) They are trained to perform osteopathic manipulative treatment.

(3) They were shrewd, but not smart; manipulative but not masterful.

(4) He has been shown to be dishonest, calculating, egocentric, manipulative and a control freak.

(5) My sister had told me of incidents of violence in the past, and of controlling and manipulative behaviour.

(6) It fitted with his manipulative desire to control and dominate.

(7) He would also be unable to undertake employment which involved prolonged fine manipulative skills.

(8) It was silly and manipulative, but I liked it anyway, in part because of how silly and manipulative it was.

(9) Francois Truffaut once said that the documentary is a thousand times more manipulative and deceptive than the work of fiction.

(10) You're not calculating, not manipulative , not any of those things.

(11) There's something very calculating and manipulative about how he does things.

(12) Police say he was manipulative , dishonest, cunning and intimidating.

(13) Why is it when, after greatly resisting temptation you eventually weaken and submit to its manipulative forces?

(14) I don't want to hear about your mind games or your manipulative tricks anymore.

(15) I'm increasingly angry at my brother and his wife for their manipulative ways.

(16) Evie is a manipulative , dangerous and damaged character, but Tracy is blind to this and easily gets swallowed up in Evie's world.

(17) For that, she is condemned as secretive and manipulative .

(18) Unfortunately, the excruciating, manipulative girlfriend he's been trying to dump might have cancer.

(19) When the crown passed to Edward, just ten years old and physically frail, the way opened for manipulative adults to seize control.

(20) But what begins as manipulative flirtation soon turns into a dangerous and erotic game of passion, power and betrayal.

(21) But what I admire, or more accurately, am in awe of, is his manipulative ability.

(22) You embarked upon this course of conduct deliberately and manipulatively to force the university to give a higher assessment.

(23) The first obstacle is the shameless manipulativeness of the rap industry.

(24) The entertainment industry can force you to work among people who are boldly critical and manipulatively negative.

(25) It was hard at first to square Richard's manipulativeness with his stupidity until you saw that they were the formula for his success.

(26) Manipulatively dealing with another adult is not like manipulatively dealing with a little child.

(27) Ava was sensual and alluring, if manipulatively cold.

(28) He will likely sense that you are drawing away from him and escalate his abusiveness and manipulativeness .

(29) Of course among people there are all sorts of distortions of freedom - it is used manipulatively , coercively, selfishly, maliciously, ignorantly.

(30) Instead, two distinct factors relating to manipulativeness seemed to emerge.