guile
Example Sentences
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He added: "Your lack of remorse was only matched by your guile in squeezing every last penny from one victim before moving on to the next."
From BBC • Mar. 25, 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
Harmer outdid the Indian spinners in their own den with his guile and turn.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
“She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star,” wrote actor Bette Midler on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
In this speech, Satan talks a big game about “force or guile”—but having tried force and lost, guile is his inevitable resort.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing guile
The Crucible
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Grade 11, List 2
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