Example sentences for: wily

How can you use “wily” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Saga , Boutros-Ghali asserts that the wily secretary of state sought to unseat him "with determination, letting pass no opportunity to demolish my authority and tarnish my image all the while showing a serene face, wearing a friendly smile and repeating expressions of friendships and admiration through the poutiest ruby lips I have ever beheld.

  • All papers also note that Saddam Hussein has successfully weakened Clinton's international support; says the Los Angeles Times , "the wily dictator has lost none of his tactical cunning."

  • Ah, yes, those wily Asians.

  • The wily Cuban dictator will either sabotage the plan or turn it to his own uses.

  • However, the wily British soon thought of an alternative commodity: opium (see page 41).


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