duplicitous

Example Sentences

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The actor could easily put his skills to use playing a duplicitous sociopath in a psychological drama, but as a comedy “Killing” is simply dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

These duplicitous celebrities, so the rumor mill grinds, have hired mysterious surrogates to do their gestating work.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

In the latest step in their bitter legal battle, lawyers for Baldoni, 40, has claimed Lively and her team made a "duplicitous attempt to destroy" him.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

“The law may be on the side of the Defendants and compel a resolution in their favor today, but it does not excuse their culpable and duplicitous conduct,” Moses wrote.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Does this make me feel villainously duplicitous and like the most awful person on earth?

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone