Example Sentences

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She surreptitiously complies, then clinks champagne glasses with her bros, smiling duplicitously in place of offering, "Skål."

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

He determinedly plunged the roster of 28 players and staff into a state of lingering uncertainty while he balked and acted duplicitously.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

The investigators came tantalizingly close to solving her murder, but were stymied by British officials seemingly more intent on protecting foreign prestige and by a lead Chinese investigator who may have been acting duplicitously.

From Time • Apr. 30, 2012

"It seems the Foreign Office was duplicitously luring Mr Khurts to his arrest and imprisonment at the behest of the German government," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2011

Bat Khurts' lawyer says the UK government told him he was coming for talks but acted "duplicitously" at the behest of the German government.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2011