wily

Example Sentences

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Much of that crude is under the control of Eyyub, a wily 47-year-old Azeri trader who has been the whale in the market for Moscow’s oil since the start of the Ukraine war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

John Rudge was at Stoke with me, as our director of sport, and was a wily old fox.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Though that song is certainly the more accessible of the two new singles, “Sexistential” is the more fascinating, wily one.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

He attempted even to stick the cowboy with his cutlass, but the two were a wily and elusive dance team.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole