wiles

Example Sentences

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Beneath the character’s flirtatious wiles, her powerful soprano brought steel to Blanche’s determination to live in her fantasy—a lost world of wealth and graciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

England's scrum creaked, perhaps decisively, when the wisdom and wiles of Cole and Marler departed.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2023

My concern is that it’s all too tempting to yield to such wiles in the name of saving time and minimizing effort.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023

That it’s probably illegal to own ramekins before age 25, and even when you do have them, you might lose them to divorce or to the uncareful wiles of teenage children.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

No feminine wiles to fall back on—I stepped into the whitewashed stone room with my heart going berserk against my ribs like a detonating engine.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein