Seems to me that as "streetwise" as some of us are in some ways, we're still surprisingly trusting in others. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Advocate] Reference
Michael Steele defends RNC Chairmanship, 'streetwise' style on GMA. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The notion that he is too 'streetwise' for Republicans is laughable. From Wordnik.com. [Booker Rising] Reference
DAI YOUNG warns Cardiff to beware "streetwise" Leicester in Heineken semi-final. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Wilkinson believes his new "streetwise" attitude has helped him prolong his career. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Guy Ritchie has told how he was determined to make Sherlock Holmes "streetwise" in his new movie. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
He has dismissed criticism as griping by GOP figures uncomfortable with his "streetwise" managerial style. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Becoming "streetwise" and adopting a positive attitude while working and living in Kuwait can be a rewarding personal experience. From Wordnik.com. [Arab Times Kuwait English Daily] Reference
He reminded me of a pigeon: dirty, streetwise, and defiant. From Wordnik.com. [Laurie Nadel: Notes from the WGA Picket Line] Reference
Young men here have a streetwise look and attitudes to match. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2005] Reference
She was beautiful, seductively beautiful in a streetwise way. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
Believing she was streetwise, it was Cill who was the more naive. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
The young men here, have a streetwise look and attitudes to match. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2005] Reference
I was trying to appear cool and streetwise, but women can always suss me. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
Being trapped on a charabanc with a load of streetwise hustlers scared me. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
Schneemann is streetwise, but regards the street as a source, not as an arena. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Up Against the Walls] Reference
ROBERTS: It is a doll fight between sophisticated Barbie and hip streetwise Bratz. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2008] Reference
But Shelton's strength is character, streetwise wit and funky, lived-in sexuality. From Wordnik.com. [Hustles, Farces And Fantasies] Reference
Like many youth who grew up in the townships, he was a smart dresser and quite streetwise. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Moabi Mohapi (1957 - 2006)] Reference
STILL LIFE HAT This small, young luxury brand turns out classic hats with a streetwise spin. From Wordnik.com. [Fashionista] Reference
And now it seems our own streetwise friends are mutating to become even larger-and more dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Week in DVR: Is New York City Under Attack By Flesh-Eating Mega-Rats?] Reference
Tim "knows a lot more than I'll ever know -- bookwise, streetwise," says Jamie Graczyk, Gies's mom. From Wordnik.com. [THEY DRESS TO EXPRESS] Reference
This woman appeared hardheaded and fairly streetwise, so I decided to play it straight — up to a point. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Dread]
Alida had impressed me as a streetwise lady — she wouldn't walk through Golden Gate Park alone at night. From Wordnik.com. [Leave a Message for Willie]
Cill was alive, she was streetwise, her house was round the corner, she promised to go straight back to it. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
All of these factors have led some streetwise Chicagoans to wonder what was really behind the privatization deal. From Wordnik.com. [Celeste Meiffren: In The Public Interest : Learn From Chicago's Mistakes] Reference
G&G dispatches Kamin's office pal, Mack Malloy, a crumbling, streetwise, semi-recovering lush, to track him down. From Wordnik.com. [A Summer Book Bag] Reference
And "yo, Blair" could be seen as a sort of streetwise mateyness rather than a condescending summoning of a servant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2007] Reference
LUNDEN: In "Passing Strange," the character of the Youth adopts a streetwise persona to impress his fellow artists in Berlin. From Wordnik.com. ['Passing Strange' a Real Rock Musical] Reference
But Obama is also a streetwise Chicago pol who put together a campaign machine formidable enough to take on the Clintons and win. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Obama’s Dream Machine] Reference
Fast-talking, streetwise and cool as ice, Andrew Chambers was utterly convincing when he played the role of a big-time drug dealer. From Wordnik.com. [King Of The Drugbusters] Reference
They just looked like ordinary kids, not streetwise like the ones on Forty-second, not as woebegone as their circumstances would warrant. From Wordnik.com. [A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html]
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