guile

Example Sentences

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He added: "Your lack of remorse was only matched by your guile in squeezing every last penny from one victim before moving on to the next."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Like Julien Duvivier and François Truffaut before him, Kiarostami captures their innocence and guile with righteous force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Harmer outdid the Indian spinners in their own den with his guile and turn.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

"She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was ... oh, la, lala!"

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Surely we are not presenting ourselves to them in the middle of an open marsh without any protection nor cover nor guile.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson