wolf in sheep's clothing
Example Sentences
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There’s a lightness about Stanley that I really enjoyed incorporating into the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024
“Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022
“A wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf. Know your enemy.”
From Fox News • Jun. 10, 2020
A wolf in sheep’s clothing separates the goats.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
"Here is one with a packet, an please your Excellency," said the corporal—"Surely my spirit doth not rejoice in him, seeing I esteem him as a wolf in sheep's clothing."
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
