Examples of wily in a Sentence
She turned out to be a wily negotiator.
a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need
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His is a wily, chaotic, satirical and sincere, temptingly unwieldy epic drama.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Fellow comedy legend Reiner, who played the wily Saul Bloom, died in June 2020 at age 98 from natural causes.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
Restoration and a Hail Mary Return While most 1940s biologists forecasted permanent doom for the American chestnut, some clung to a wily optimism.
—Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
Dueling with a wily pro like Walston wouldn’t be easy.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Fellow comedy legend Reiner, who played the wily Saul Bloom, died in June 2020 at age 98 from natural causes.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
Restoration and a Hail Mary Return While most 1940s biologists forecasted permanent doom for the American chestnut, some clung to a wily optimism.
—Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
Dueling with a wily pro like Walston wouldn’t be easy.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wily
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“Wily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wily. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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