the novel is about an elderly man and his scheming son who is impatient to inherit the family fortune
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That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025 The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025 Many viewed him as being manipulated by his scheming mother, dowager Queen Frederica.—Demetris Nellas, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023 Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy get revenge on two scheming executives.—Aj Willingham, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for scheming
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