trickery

Example Sentences

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Fed up with the trickery, artefacts expert Prof Grace decides to take matters into her own hands.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

His coordinators, who have stayed with him across four different schools since 2016, don’t rely on trickery or exotic blitzes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Indeed, in the 1950s, a magician from New York named John Mulholland was secretly contracted with the agency to write a manual for Cold War spies on trickery and deception.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

“There’s a little bit of subterfuge or trickery going on.”

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025

He knew that what had happened—Emma reported that the chairs had been lifted up high over their heads—was a result of trickery, not spirits from the other world.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman