Examples of canny in a Sentence
Adjective
a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
Helped mitigate against Bukayo Saka’s absence and epitomised Arsenal’s canny squad building, but was expensive and still very hit and miss, particularly with his lack of composure in shooting positions.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Layla and Shams have become canny in learning how to survive, but Shams wasn’t able to save their other brother Tareq or her husband, both of whom were killed.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 May 2026
Deploying a top-notch slutty house-meets-electro record is one of the canniest moves he’s ever made.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
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Adjective
Much of the emotional potency of the show’s début season came from Levinson’s canny, perhaps even prescient, channelling of Zoomer doomerism.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
Helped mitigate against Bukayo Saka’s absence and epitomised Arsenal’s canny squad building, but was expensive and still very hit and miss, particularly with his lack of composure in shooting positions.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Layla and Shams have become canny in learning how to survive, but Shams wasn’t able to save their other brother Tareq or her husband, both of whom were killed.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 May 2026
Deploying a top-notch slutty house-meets-electro record is one of the canniest moves he’s ever made.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
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“Canny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canny. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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