guile

Example Sentences

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While the WSL is still a league with a divide between haves and have-nots, those that have still need guile and adaptability to beat sides lower in the division.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

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

A winning combination of discipline and guile from the spinners put Bangladesh in a great position as, for the third time in four World Cup matches, South Africa's top-order crumbled.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

In this speech, Satan talks a big game about “force or guile”—but having tried force and lost, guile is his inevitable resort.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith