wilier

Example Sentences

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Factories are now able to supply better quality masks to meet the challenge of wilier new variants, but the communal work continues.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023

He proves wilier than the hunter and retains fearsome strength and speed, despite his age.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2022

But the rattlesnake has another, wilier trick up its tail.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

This had become the norm: with declining media coverage and wilier evasions by the police, the dead tended to disappear.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2019

“Well, there ain’t too many animals wilier or tougher than a old coon. Most people think you just chase ’em up a tree and pop ’em, but that ain’t half the story.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis