thievish

Example Sentences

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As his friends and rivals well knew, he was a thievish genius.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2010

In the dark, his thievish eyes glow with unshed 419 tears.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 28, 2009

On the other hand there are also some of the most false, lying, thievish rascals, the like of which I could not have believed lived on earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

By day no sun appeared; by night The hidden moon shed thievish light In the misty air.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

Yet, early though it was, though the stars had not yet all fled from the west, sea-fowl were gracefully circling round—the gull, the tern, and the thievish skua.

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon