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

"A thief," says he, "my friends, is a man of a thievish disposition."

From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous

Nor was he of the thievish sort, Or one whom blood allures; But innocent was all his sport Whom you have torn for yours.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various