thievish

Example Sentences

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As his friends and rivals well knew, he was a thievish genius.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2010

In the dark, his thievish eyes glow with unshed 419 tears.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 28, 2009

On the other hand there are also some of the most false, lying, thievish rascals, the like of which I could not have believed lived on earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor was he of the thievish sort, Or one whom blood allures; But innocent was all his sport Whom you have torn for yours.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

It was night by the time we were in that vast and thievish station.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)