deceitfully

Example Sentences

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In the end, much of what I had observed as a high life that might someday include me was simply smoke and mirrors artfully and deceitfully played.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

"Breaking down, I hit the floor / All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, 'More'," she sings on the deceitfully upbeat I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

He also said he believed the warrant served at his home was obtained deceitfully.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

On Thursday, Mr. Spencer, who had long accused Mr. Bashir of acting deceitfully, posted a black-and-white photo on Twitter of him and Diana as young children.

From New York Times • May 20, 2021

Hail, thou who dost consume the entrails, who comest forth from the mābet chamber, I have not acted deceitfully.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius