wily
Example Sentences
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Nothing worked: The wily birds thwarted every defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
His silverware collection is dwarfed by O'Neill's but Hearts do have their own wily old master in the background, with Sir Alex Ferguson offering guidance to McInnes.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Here Hyungjin Son, the bumpkin-ish Bardolph in “Falstaff,” portrayed the Count, while Colclough was the wily Figaro.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Lyndon B. Johnson, the party’s wily leader, used it to effectively kill business-friendly amendments to a federal labor law that the GOP had been pushing.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
“Pull it and hear the drum beat,” said the wily man, holding out the string to Puli, and how could he resist it, who was only a child, when I myself was enchanted!
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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