guile
Example Sentences
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Howe's side have often lacked the guile to find a way through a low block, which then feeds into their main issue on the road - a lack of goals.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 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
He doesn’t overpower opponents the way he could in his prime, relying more on consistent command, pitch sequencing and veteran guile to post a 9-2 record and 3.06 ERA in 17 starts this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
He saw a simple, sincere face that was incapable of subtlety or guile, an honest, frank face with disunited large eyes, rusty hair, black eyebrows and an unfortunate reddish- brown mustache.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing guile
The Crucible
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Grade 11, List 2
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