double-tongued

How to use double-tongued in a sentence

• But Hermes was angry because he was double-tongued, and struck him with his staff and changed him into a rock.

  Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and Hesiod

• Fig. 100 shows a "Double tongued and grooved" joint used in the wholesale cabinet factories.

  Woodwork Joints | William Fairham

• Its double-tongued fastener was twisted far awry, as if it had been wrenched away by violence.

  Tharon of Lost Valley | Vingie E. Roe

• He's let each one think he was alone at the job to bring it round quicker; a double-tongued, double-dealing devil.

  Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) | Mary Cholmondeley

• double-tongued is a common term of reproach, which rage might improve to triple-tongued.

  Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies | Samuel Johnson