Thesaurus / guile
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
That’s a lot of guile, a lot of know-how — and a lot of star power.
JON LESTER STRENGTHENS THE NATIONALS’ BIGGEST STRENGTH — AND GIVES THEM AN UNDENIABLE IDENTITYBARRY SVRLUGAJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The simple honest-hearted General, who knew not the guile of their hearts, was deluded into wishing them success.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
She knew that he loved her—a frank, blustering fellow without guile enough to conceal his feelings, and no desire to do so.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
There was neither guile nor vanity in the girl's heart, nor a trace of deceit in her face; only gentleness, truth, and beauty.
She was so bright and pretty, so interested, and so free from guile, that hearts opened to her as blossoms to the sun.
JOYCE'S INVESTMENTSFANNIE E. NEWBERRY
O strong ones, he who is the guardian of so much wealth, he calls on you with praises, free from guile.
SACRED BOOKS OF THE EASTVARIOUS
She would play for time; she must pretend docility and meet quiet guile with guile.
THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYNHAROLD MACGRATH
Nobody had reckoned with the soft guile of a race as supple and silent as to their real intentions as cats.
THE BUTTERFLY HOUSEMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
That the city was taken peacefully, by guile, not by bloodshed.
THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISMDR. D.M. BROOKS
She had seen guile in his eyes, and subtlety, and much humor.
THE RANGE BOSSCHARLES ALDEN SELTZER
WORDS RELATED TO GUILE
- artifice
- bunk
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- craft
- craftiness
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- deviousness
- dishonesty
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- falsehood
- falsity
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- graft
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hocus-pocus
- improbity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insidiousness
- mendacity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- racket
- rascality
- shadiness
- sharp practice
- shiftiness
- slyness
- sneakiness
- stealing
- swindle
- treachery
- trickery
- underhandedness
- unscrupulousness
- wiliness
- artifice
- bunk
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- craft
- craftiness
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- deviousness
- dishonesty
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- falsehood
- falsity
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- graft
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hocus-pocus
- improbity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insidiousness
- mendacity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- racket
- rascality
- shadiness
- sharp practice
- shiftiness
- slyness
- sneakiness
- stealing
- swindle
- treachery
- trickery
- trickiness
- unscrupulousness
- wiliness
- angle
- artfulness
- artifice
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- con
- contrivance
- craft
- craftiness
- deceit
- deception
- device
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- dodge
- feint
- flimflam
- fraud
- gambit
- game
- gimmick
- guile
- hoax
- horseplay
- imposition
- little game
- lure
- maneuver
- monkey business
- plot
- ploy
- racket
- ruse
- scam
- scheming
- setup
- shenanigans
- skullduggery
- slant
- slyness
- stratagem
- stunt
- subterfuge
- switch
- trick
- trickery
- twist
- angle
- artfulness
- artifice
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- con
- contrivance
- craft
- craftiness
- deceit
- deception
- device
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- dodge
- feint
- flimflam
- fraud
- gambit
- game
- gimmick
- guile
- hoax
- horseplay
- imposition
- little game
- lure
- maneuver
- monkey business
- plot
- ploy
- racket
- ruse
- scam
- scheming
- setup
- shenanigans
- skullduggery
- slant
- slyness
- stratagem
- stunt
- subterfuge
- switch
- trick
- trickery
- twist
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