His clever stratagem to get them down had worked, all right, and he'd poked their collective heads right into a trap.

A clever stratagem," he said expansively, "and a good choice.

Bookstores and libraries report that thieves devise clever stratagems for acquiring Bibles.

And that was the immediate outcome of the clever stratagem.

Unable to take the city by force of arms, Tarquin had recourse to a clever stratagem.

However, Sambal caught her and through a clever stratagem removed her clothes, leaving her in an embarrassing situation.

It was a clever stratagem.

Leaderless ogres are led easily into traps and completely vanquished by clever stratagems.

It would protect hospitals by taxing insurers and, through a clever stratagem, the health plans of large employers to cover these costs.

He thought quickly and devised an equally clever stratagem as his response in this high stakes chess game.