GUILE in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for GUILE, such as:
1. She did not attribute guile to any.
2. These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass.
3. They meant no guile, but the wind drove them off their course, and we sailed on till we came hither by night.
4. Seeing the obdurate look on Scarlett's face, Mammy picked up the tray and, with the bland guile of her race, changed her tactics.
5. I should have some, said Levin, not without some guile, hoping Veslovsky would be tempted by the vodka, and would go away to them.
2. These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass.
3. They meant no guile, but the wind drove them off their course, and we sailed on till we came hither by night.
4. Seeing the obdurate look on Scarlett's face, Mammy picked up the tray and, with the bland guile of her race, changed her tactics.
5. I should have some, said Levin, not without some guile, hoping Veslovsky would be tempted by the vodka, and would go away to them.
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Meanings and Examples of GUILE
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guile
n. skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
Classic Sentence:
1 An hour later when the conversation began to lag, Gerald, with a guile that belied the wide innocence of his bright blue eyes, proposed a game.
2 Mammy's victories over Scarlett were hard-won and represented guile unknown to the white mind.
3 Seeing the obdurate look on Scarlett's face, Mammy picked up the tray and, with the bland guile of her race, changed her tactics.
4 Notwithstanding the symptoms of habitual suspicion, his countenance was not only without guile, but at the moment at which he is introduced, it was charged with an expression of sturdy honesty.
5 We were all disposed to wonder, but it seems to have been the merciful appointment of Providence that the heart which knew no guile should not suffer.
6 A creature,' continued the young man, passionately, 'a creature as fair and innocent of guile as one of God's own angels, fluttered between life and death.
7 She did not attribute guile to any.
8 We were among the first he counted, and he never suspected any guile, but laid himself down to sleep as soon as he had done counting.
9 They meant no guile, but the wind drove them off their course, and we sailed on till we came hither by night.
10 I should have some, said Levin, not without some guile, hoping Veslovsky would be tempted by the vodka, and would go away to them.
11 These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass.
Example Sentence:
1 However, never under-estimate the capacity for guile of a truly cunning and determined terrorist.