How to Use trickery in a Sentence

trickery

noun

• He resorted to trickery to get what he wanted.
• Delia resorted to trickery—even loading up the fishing equipment—to induce her dog into the car for his vet appointment.
• And there will be a chance for the Bears to join the 2019 highlight reel of trickery.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• The trickery set up a 45-yard field goal by Cody Parkey for the game’s first points.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
• The Longhorns used some trickery to help set up the winning field goal.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
• Key moment: The Rebels’ trickery stalled near the goal line.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 11 Nov. 2022
• But Far Cry 5 is a game full of more trickery than most.
  — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
• The Rams extended the lead on a fourth-and-goal play from the one-yard line with some trickery.
  — Scott Sepich, oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2022
• Now that the trickery is over, the focus is on football.
  — David Brandt, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
• That’s not where the door trickery ends in the Model X. The front doors can open and close themselves, too.
  — Jordan Golson, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2018
• This trickery is an idea that's making its way around the world.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2017
• The Eagles used some trickery, facing fourth-and-goal on the 1 with less than a minute to play.
  — Kyle Hightower, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2018
• The Bulldogs used a little trickery to create a run in the third.
  — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 4 June 2017
• There were gasps, screams, cries of British deceit and trickery, and many tears.
  — Linda Hervieux, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2017
• Then came the trickery, as Yelich took off for second with Wiemer on third.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2023
• The cops in one New Jersey city are trying to catch the thieves with some trickery of their own.
  — David Porter, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018
• And from that point, no amount of slicing or trickery could save her.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 9 July 2022
• There is, of course, a hint of trickery and self-deception in all this.
  — Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
• Around the time the Packers beat the Bears, the Cardinals made their move against the Seahawks with some trickery.
  — David Brandt, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
• And a lot of it had this playfulness and visual trickery to it.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2023
• Yet that visual trickery isn’t the fakest aspect of the movie.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2020
• In the fourth quarter, Service used some trickery to score the go-ahead touchdown.
  — Stephan Wiebe, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Sep. 2017
• It’s been a chic game of trickery—and Louis Vuitton is the latest label to get on board.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
• Dupri’s yacht pulls up and the girls bound aboard, claiming they are owed a favor for his trickery.
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
• Then again, the show might not have much of an engine without its trickery.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
• There’s no guile, no trickery, no sublime piece of skill.
  — SI.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• There’s only so much trickery until the men up front have to win at the point of attack.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• The ping pong scenes all look natural, but there’s so much of Bob’s trickery.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al.com, 25 June 2019
• Many still seem stunned by the effectiveness of the trickery.
  — Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2022
• The wedding night begins with unexpected passion, but ends in near violence when her trickery is exposed.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024