wolf in sheep's clothing
Example Sentences
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There’s a lightness about Stanley that I really enjoyed incorporating into the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024
“Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022
"Gregory Dow was the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing," said the FBI's Michael Driscoll.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2021
“A wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf. Know your enemy.”
From Fox News • Jun. 10, 2020
He pictured a coaster, duly registered, running with ordinary cargo to and fro, but on the lines of a “Q” boat, a sort of marine wolf in sheep’s clothing, armed with torpedo tubes.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
