sly
Example Sentences
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I saw his pale skin turned purple, his sly mouth gone flat.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Wouldn’t it be like this subtly sly author if the announcement turned out to be a narrative conceit—one last artful trick to cheat the end from arriving?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
She has a sly way of imparting lessons, often with playfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
"Nobody had agreed to it at all. Really sly," fellow chorister Kevin Doughty says in Con Jones: World's Best Conman.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
Then her eyes got a sly look, and she gulped.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing sly
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Scrabble: Words with no Vowels
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