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Example sentences for: wily
How can you use “wily” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The dramatically rising cliff of black basalt stone made the castle impregnable to all but the most wily commander.
Annibale Carracci's Ignudo (1597) transforms one of the languorous young male nudes of Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling into a wily, satyr-like character--he could be Shakespeare's Mercutio.
My travels in Asia demonstrate a much more sensible approach by the wily natives, and in India, China, and Japan most of my contacts have, without invitation, settled for the easy to deal with Mister John.
Possibly, he's confusing him with that other wily courtier, Rasputin, the man behind the czarist throne, who was poisoned, drowned, etc., but managed to keep coming back.
The wily Cuban dictator will either sabotage the plan or turn it to his own uses.
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