How to Use crafty in a Sentence

crafty

adjective
  • Davis drained 3s and scored on crafty drives to the hoop.
    cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Feeling crafty and don't mind a mess to clean up on the first day of the New Year?
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 10 Dec. 2021
  • And it’s not a far journey for crafty Chicagoans to do so.
    Joanne Cleaver, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The crafty guard missed his first three shots and turned the ball over twice in 8:30 of play in the first quarter.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Finishes checks and is crafty in scrums along the walls.
    Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • There are so many ways to get crafty with wall art, and wall decals are one of them.
    Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The 49ers’ and their old-school QB were smoked by a crafty, mobile quarterback, whom the 49ers had shunned in the draft.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2021
  • The crafty Broward veterans kept the ball in play and won going away 6-3, 6-2.
    Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • At the end of the episode, Shan, a crafty young Black pastor, was blindsided and sent home.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2021
  • But, in order to procure more saris, Sood has had to get crafty.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Bill Belichick, creative and crafty, once had Tebow in for a whirl.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021
  • Coding Charms is the perfect way to teach coding to crafty kids.
    Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Likewise, a fox is a clever hunter too and can be a daring and crafty predator.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • It’s sneaky, crafty, witty, a little bit tongue in cheek.
    Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Plus, its crafty blend of art and science makes learning even more fun.
    Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Go out dancing with a partner or close friends, see a movie, get crafty, etc.
    Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2023
  • As a teenager, Ms. van Seenus was crafty and artistic, even sewing her own prom dress.
    New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The lesson from FLoC is that the ad industry is crafty and will find workarounds.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Jokic is not the athlete Ayton is, but is crafty in the lane and uses his body well.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2021
  • There are a lot of reasons to get crafty during the spookiest season of the year.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 8 July 2022
  • Kuminga can be a bit foul-prone against crafty scorers.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2022
  • The point guard can score in a variety of crafty ways and is an elite defender.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • White is a cunning defender with quick feet, crafty hands and a knack for being in the right place at the right time.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Here's an option for crafty fashionistas that won't break the bank.
    Seventeen, 16 May 2022
  • And though two more men had reached base in the fifth, the crafty right-hander was a strike away from getting out of the inning unscathed.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The small square footage also meant getting crafty with storage space.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • As a soccer player, Fredrickson said, Issa was skilled and crafty with the ball.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022
  • But the crafty left-hander used 42 pitches, so the Tigers ended his outing.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Try styling your suit of choice with a pair of denim cutoffs or a lightweight linen skirt for a look that’s equal parts cool and crafty.
    Vogue, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The box of thread and crafty items Leslie Hernandez picked out for herself for Christmas was taller than her 4-year-old self.
    Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021

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