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wolf in sheep's clothing
noun as in hypocrite
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noun as in tartuffe
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Example Sentences
“This decision is another wolf in sheep’s clothing from a Court that has entirely lost the plot on the separation of church and state,” said Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE, or Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity.
But for those strongly opposed to the AfD she is a fig leaf or - as one Social Democrat put it - a "wolf in sheep's clothing".
In the psychological thriller “Heretic” from A24, the typically debonair Hugh Grant turns diabolical, but like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, he’s disguised by a singular cardigan, one painstakingly selected by costume designer Betsy Heimann.
In handing down a harsher sentence, Anderson referred to Moore as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
“To use a religious term, I’m a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Spilsbury said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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