Example Sentences

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In the end, much of what I had observed as a high life that might someday include me was simply smoke and mirrors artfully and deceitfully played.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

"Breaking down, I hit the floor / All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, 'More'," she sings on the deceitfully upbeat I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

He also said he believed the warrant served at his home was obtained deceitfully.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

On Thursday, Mr. Spencer, who had long accused Mr. Bashir of acting deceitfully, posted a black-and-white photo on Twitter of him and Diana as young children.

From New York Times • May 20, 2021

Every one has by Nature a right to act deceitfully, and to break his compacts, unless he be restrained by the hope of some greater good, or the fear of some greater evil.

From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph