be deceitful
Example Sentences
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"People think that we wouldn't have anything else to be deceitful and lying. We're mother figures and I think I use that to my advantage."
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
Heizer, the owner of Evoke Therapy Programs, said that posting research online isn't meant to be deceitful.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2020
Mona has her own problems, among them a frustrating search for love with internet dates who turn out to be deceitful cads.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016
Jamie certainly has to be deceitful and manipulative, where up to now he’s been very honorable, he speaks his mind, he’s very forthright.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2016
From morning to night she is found fault with, and this is spoiling her temper and teaching her to be deceitful….
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.