Examples of guile in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples on the Web
The Hornets showed some guile, climbing out of a cavernous 22-point deficit that was a direct result of too many turnovers, a lack of defensive intensity and yielding a flurry of 30 first-half points in the paint.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Brentford are one of the league’s most effective counter-attacking sides, but can lack guile against deep-lying opponents.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The tool also prevents the infected from resurrecting into more dangerous creatures.
Unlike Leon, Grace has to use her guile, smarts and stealth to progress through her survival-horror experience.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
In between is a huge chessboard for honing skills of strategy and guile while catching a tan.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Brentford are one of the league’s most effective counter-attacking sides, but can lack guile against deep-lying opponents.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The tool also prevents the infected from resurrecting into more dangerous creatures.
Unlike Leon, Grace has to use her guile, smarts and stealth to progress through her survival-horror experience.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
In between is a huge chessboard for honing skills of strategy and guile while catching a tan.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Guile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guile. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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