guile
Example Sentences
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The Colombian has intelligence and guile but he's also got the work-ethic that means every bit as much as his other qualities.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the Cyclops is one-eyed, slow-moving and tactically naive, like the English national team, and is eventually defeated by firm managerial leadership and guile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet Brown got to Number 10 with a mixture of patience, caution, guile and ruthlessness, whereas Andy Burnham speedy rise was largely due to one major electoral gamble.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Like Julien Duvivier and François Truffaut before him, Kiarostami captures their innocence and guile with righteous force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
What if history was not a reasonable citizen, but a madman full of paranoid guile and these boys his agents, his big surprise!
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing guile
The Crucible
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Grade 11, List 2
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