How to Use scheme in a Sentence

scheme

1 of 2 noun

• The company has a new scheme for insurance coverage.
• This isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme.
  — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• But not that much in the grand scheme of things.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• This is a small league in the big scheme of things.
  — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
• The same scheme works on people.
  — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
• Kamil is no stranger to money schemes.
  — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• Maybe this scheme is a better fit for him.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
• The scheme has covered the flaws.
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
• In the grand scheme of things, these places are not all that far apart.
  — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
• Bednar’s scheme is what could do him in.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
• If only each of them could come up with a scheme of their own.
  — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
• Even the black wall hooks against the white wall keep to the black-and-white scheme.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
• The scheme will run until March.
  — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
• One loss, in the grand scheme of a long season, won’t mean too much.
  — David Wilson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• In the grand scheme of things, that is the blink of a marmoset’s eye.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
• Five minutes may not seem like a lot of time in the grand scheme of things.
  — Danielle Zickl, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
• The scheme turned out to be one of the largest art fraud cases in the world.
  — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 11 Mar. 2026
• Woods can play in a 4-3 scheme or a 3-4 scheme.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
• These players have to buy into his scheme.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 7 Apr. 2026
• The orange colour scheme just feels a little bit too abrupt.
  — Ajay Rose, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• Then the board rubber-stamped the entire scheme.
  — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
• Clarke was out on bail for felony forgery while conducting the scheme.
  — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• No concerns are raised, and the scheme goes off without a hitch.
  — Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
• The storage scheme is no slouch, either.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
• These schemes rarely look like obvious scams.
  — Fennemore, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
• The two would then share the proceeds from the scheme, the release states.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2025
• Sorry, in the grand scheme of things, this has been a mild summer.
  — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
• There have been broader efforts to root out the fraud schemes, as well.
  — Gabrielle Fonrouge,scott Zamost,anna Gleason, CNBC, 17 July 2026
• In the grand scheme of Sousa’s life, her time at the shipyard was brief.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
• That scheme demands good linebacker play.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025

scheme

2 of 2 verb

• He felt that the other men were scheming against him.
• He was betrayed by a scheming friend.
• Some of that was they were getting schemed open.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
• Dude might scheme up a storm, by all accounts, and teach with the best of ’em.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• The offense’s job is to try to scheme us up on defense.
  — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
• The kids are savvy, scheming to avoid their parents.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• Teams clearly schemed to exploit him in the pick-and-roll.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
• Frank Reich can still scheme open wide receivers with the best of them.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2021
• Reich’s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
• At times, Smith seemed to believe that prison staff were scheming against him.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• Who knows what scheme the next head coach wants to use, and how Dodson fits into that.
  — Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
• The Ton is no stranger to scheming mothers with an agenda.
  — Kennedy French, Variety, 28 Feb. 2026
• The jurors also absolved him of scheming to drive down the stock.
  — Staff, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
• Odysseus, manly and strong, is catnip to all kinds of scheming women.
  — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026
• Larry and a male friend scheme their way out from under a rightfully wary woman’s gaze.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 24 June 2026
• Billups told him that teams were going to scheme for him differently as the starting point guard.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2022
• That or defenses have finally figured out how to scheme against him.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2020
• But researchers have found that AIs can scheme, deceive, or blackmail.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
• Even Nick Wilde — no longer scheming, more in touch with his feelings — doesn’t feel quite so wild now.
  — Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
• And that’s scheming up unblocked pressures on defense.
  — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• This show is about scheming, the weight of the crown, and incompetent brats who want to scheme to get their hands on the crown.
  — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 6 July 2026
• Is Cherry a scheming social climber?
  — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
• Those teams scheme well and run precise combination and clearing routes.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• McDaniel can scheme receivers open from 20-yard line to 20-yard line.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2020
• Trying to scheme your way to a pass rush is a risky proposition in the NFL.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• No kids scheming in hopes of finding themselves a mommy for Christmas.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 20 Nov. 2023
• The plan to scheme open secondary options didn't really work today, and nor did settling for a field goal at the end.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2022
• People schemed, finagled, wheedled, and conspired, caught up in the mad, headlong rush of the city.
  — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• Dissecting film and scheming up plays went from duty to obsession.
  — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• His teammates get to see what the opposing pitcher has that day and can scheme accordingly.
  — Star Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021