How to Use scheme in a Sentence

scheme

1 of 2 noun
Definition of schemenext
Synonyms for schemenext
  • The company has a new scheme for insurance coverage.
  • One loss, in the grand scheme of a long season, won’t mean too much.
    — David Wilson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Elliot Adler pleaded guilty last year to a role in a tax scheme.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • This set off a scramble to secure visas in the country before the scheme closed.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
  • And a man who’s lost his shirt in two ponzi schemes isn’t likely to learn from his mistakes.
    — Kyle Whitmire | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But the 3-technique should better unleash his pass rush skills than the Rebels’ scheme did.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But the scheme has since expanded so that anyone over 18 and living in the UK can sign up.
    — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Kriv’s father testified at trial in the first fraud case and did not face charges for his role in that scheme.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Jim Girard and his staff will try to devise a scheme that contains Eason and the Rangers offense.
    — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The table is offered in three colors and has a minimal look that can work with just about any decor scheme.
    — Shannon Quimby, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Three New Jersey businessmen were also charged in the bribery scheme.
    — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The Run and Shoot is a difficult scheme to limit and UH has two primary targets to aim for.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Lodge, who was charged in the scheme, was a former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue.
    — Time, 16 July 2023
  • The indictment says that the scheme was foiled by a U.S. government informant.
    — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the grand scheme of things, the amount of stories about things in development that actually achieve fruition is very slim.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The three games are all coming to the Switch with improved graphics and, hopefully, improved control schemes.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The malware can often arrive through phishing email schemes.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Netflix is wise to this scheme, however, and actively works to block users who connect via VPN.
    — PCMAG, 15 Apr. 2024
  • If the cruise missile is wider than the torpedo tube, designers must pick a different launch scheme.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Such visas by investment schemes have been at the root of serious housing crises in the countries offering them.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Buck the traditional red-and-green scheme for a pink-and-orange grosgrain-ribbon topper.
    — Pamela Brill, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Maybe because there are very few real deals in proportion to the non-deals (dreams) in the world, making the latter a way to make money (schemes) if the inertia is low enough.
    — Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • For weeks, desperation sat atop him like a circus tent, a new scheme hatching each moment.
    — Airea D. Matthews, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2023
  • And once George schemes his way into the monarch’s bedroom, King James ends up in some rather compromising positions.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The degree of shade that will be beneficial for a river will be key and is an important thing to establish in any scheme.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 8 June 2023
  • The whole scheme appears aimed at winning ad revenue from the page views of people who unwittingly land on the site’s garbled content.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The current scheme no longer caps the rebate to €1.8 million per film and instead has an annual cap of €10 million in rebates for all foreign shoots.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The funds were frozen, and Flores and Moore attempted to salvage the funds through various money-laundering schemes.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Layers in a scheme might be innocent members of their church or their neighbors or family.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • And, because the underlying product isn't profitable, most of the scheme’s participants lose their money.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
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scheme

2 of 2 verb
  • He felt that the other men were scheming against him.
  • He was betrayed by a scheming friend.
  • Dude might scheme up a storm, by all accounts, and teach with the best of ’em.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Trying to scheme your way to a pass rush is a risky proposition in the NFL.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Frank Reich can still scheme open wide receivers with the best of them.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The depth is there, but how the Bengals will scheme against the Titans is something to watch for Sunday.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
  • At times, Smith seemed to believe that prison staff were scheming against him.
    — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • But Mary and George Villiers would soon scheme to supplant Carr in the king’s esteem.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The Cardinals will have to scheme blitzes to come in and not rely on the 3-man rush, drop-8, theory.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2021
  • McDaniel can scheme receivers open from 20-yard line to 20-yard line.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Reich’s offense is designed to scheme guys open and give them room to run.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Chicago lost the game 12-7 and likely used the extra days off to scheme up a new offensive game plan.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • If there’s a way to force Cleveland to throw the ball, Belichick will scheme it into existence.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Archibald said Daybell is the mastermind behind the killings and scheming.
    — USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • The offensive line has questions, but Harrell should be able to scheme ways to keep Slovis on his feet.
    — J. Brady McCollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2020
  • People schemed, finagled, wheedled, and conspired, caught up in the mad, headlong rush of the city.
    — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 27 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
  • Billups told him that teams were going to scheme for him differently as the starting point guard.
    — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The Huskies lost Finkley on the defensive line from last season, which means more teams will scheme to make Osborne the prime target.
    — Dennis Victory, al, 5 Aug. 2022
  • No matter what the Dolphins tried to scheme up against the Bengals, Cincinnati’s offensive line held their ground.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Both of them carry the baggage of decades in the Washington swamp and both of them schemed to keep the Democrat nomination from Bernie Sanders.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2020
  • In the cutthroat world of reality TV, alliances will be forged, trust will be shattered, and villains will scheme their way to the top.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Bears were completely outclassed by the Packers from personnel to scheme.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Watch for Tampa Bay to scheme something for Antonio Brown.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • So while the first two weeks were based in scheming against run fits and triple-option looks, this week’s matchup will be dependent upon stopping the pass.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Not even coach Neal Brown could scheme around the running game's deficiencies and the offensive line's issues from guard to guard.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Still, with Ozark coming off a buzzy penultimate season, Laura Linney's Wendy may scheme her way to the top.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Rudolph shot his wife through the heart with a 12-gauge shotgun on the last day of their hunt, scheming to make the murder look like an accident, Monday’s release said.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Bakary keeps trying to get them out of there, teaming up with a fellow tirailleur, Salif (Bamar Kane), to scheme and steal his way to freedom.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022
  • After a medical evacuation and a very informative journey last week, the tribes continue to grapple with paranoia, scheming and the basic principles of the game.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024

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