Learn GUILE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
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.
Meanings and Examples of GUILE |