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By the end of Liebling's dispatch, Mollie has become a mythic figure invulnerable to death, capable of great feats of courage and guile, and able to transform himself into any human type for the purposes of disguise.
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Lee Siegel, Harper's, December 2004
The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her guile. Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am."
—Brian Jacques, Redwall, (1986) 2002
Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile.
—Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, 1920
a shady salesman who usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile
a person so full of guile he can't even be trusted to give you the correct time of day
Lee Siegel, Harper's, December 2004
The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her guile. Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am."
—Brian Jacques, Redwall, (1986) 2002
Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile.
—Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, 1920
a shady salesman who usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile
a person so full of guile he can't even be trusted to give you the correct time of day
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Getting out doesn’t just require thumb-shredding dexterity, wit, and guile but also — fittingly for its premise — patience.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Over time, guile took on the connotation of deceitful cunning in English, emerging in Middle English around the 12th century.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Runners who lack the speed of the fastest distance runners can compete, using grit and guile to keep up with their faster competitors.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
But those dying or returning home as amputees are often from a younger generation who value dexterity and guile perhaps more than brute persistence.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Over time, guile took on the connotation of deceitful cunning in English, emerging in Middle English around the 12th century.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Runners who lack the speed of the fastest distance runners can compete, using grit and guile to keep up with their faster competitors.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
But those dying or returning home as amputees are often from a younger generation who value dexterity and guile perhaps more than brute persistence.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for guile
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“Guile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guile. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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