Example Sentences

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"We all have this little bit of deceitfulness inside us," he argues.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

A group that basically admits their deceitfulness upfront, they issued many demands for internal rule changes in their many meetings with McCarthy and other Republicans.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2023

But the one consistent reason to watch is Scott Foley’s nimble, convincing performance as the reality show’s producer, a master manipulator whose deceitfulness is so sincere that you can’t help rooting for him.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021

The game was to expose and/or to exploit photography’s deceitfulness, with implicit criticism of a culture industry bent on deluding the masses.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

“Their hearts are filled with shame and sorrow at the deceitfulness of those whom they supposed were their friends.”

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Aldridge, Janet