Examples of the the word, sly , in a Sentence Context

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  1. Of Acts of the Apostles. Mark states that the chief priests were looking for a, sly ,way to arrest Jesus. They decided not to do so during the feast since they were
  2. Full of activity and pleasant, but " beneath the surface ... mistrustful and, sly ,", with poor strategic judgement that ultimately undermined his reign. Stephen
  3. Costume can be worn in Part 2;: The main antagonist of Part 2,Purge is a, sly ,dancer and leader of the Rhythm Rogues. Using his henchman Shadow who is
  4. Treats ... loaded with fuel-injected chase scenes, clever special effects and a, sly ,humor. " A review in Orange Coast magazine stated that" the distinguishing
  5. Performance style. Tampa Red's classic" Tight Like That" ( 1928) is a, sly ,wordplay with the double meaning of being" tight" with someone coupled with a
  6. You shall not find the sons of Atreus here, nor need the frauds of, sly ,Ulysses fear. " While the Greeks admired his cunning and deceit, these
  7. A German accent and peroxide blond hair, but the character evolved into the, sly , very upper-class English mad scientist and transvestite that carried over to
  8. He portrayed in the films were usually very similar to the wise-cracking, sly , lecherous Cockney he was famed for playing on television, and in six cases
  9. As against the Philistine outlook represented by the old cook Notes, a shallow, sly ,and lazy man. Notes is foremost among the non-believers, and dismisses all
  10. A few English words 'Abash' into other English words. For example," hob" ", sly ,"," hold" " slow "," holy" " slob "," horn" " slim "," zoo" " all ","
  11. Print shop to scrutiny, but his findings on its confused organization and, sly ,procedures met with only" gloomy and contemptuous silence" from his
  12. To repent a little crime — the pulling of a girl's hair during geography,the, sly ,shin kick under the table during English literature. In October 1925,Thomas
  13. One billion dollars per year. Pro-settler opponents claim that the barrier is a, sly ,attempt to artificially create a border that excludes the settlers, creating
  14. And suggests we should not necessarily believe that the accusations of the ", sly ,god" were an accepted part of the lore. Plot The setting is a feast given by
  15. Reputation as an enfant terrible of movie violence. Moreover, the scene makes a, sly ,comment about the readiness of cinema to seize upon whatever is to hand for its
  16. Colorful native dancers and music intermix with performance artists, while, sly , pranksters play on traditional themes. Similar traditional and intercultural
  17. Bullpen Bulletins" column in Marvel Comics; also used in pop culture as a, sly ,reference to him * The nerd club residing in" the refuge of the damned" in
  18. Their consternation find that Schaunard's money is not enough to pay it. The, sly ,Musette has the entire bill charged to Alcindor. The sound of approaching
  19. S Web. Lynde's sardonic inflections added a dimension to such lines as the, sly , drawn-out whine," What's in it for melee? " Lynde's distinctive voice is
  20. Hip-hop mixed with world music. Brilliant colors, naive perspective and, sly ,humor characterize Haitian art. Frequent subjects in Haitian art include big
  21. Founder of the Unseen University and later Death's manservant Albert) is a, sly ,nod to Albert us Magnus in his more legendary and esoteric guise. Walter M.
  22. Methods and a bad temperament, but he also loved music, and had a certain, sly ,wit. Gustav founded one of the now oldest orchestras of the world, the Ganglia
  23. At court to get his complaint heard quickly. Shakespeare may have included a, sly ,retaliation against the complaint in his play The Merry Wives of Windsor (
  24. Meek (Mike),odd (odd),rotten (rot inn/rut inn),scant (ska mt), sly , ( slag),weak (væikʀ),wrong (range) *Personal pronoun – they (æiʀ)
  25. Using his childhood friends among the Kikuyu. They also hunted fossils on the, sly , Louis conducted interrogations, analyzed handwriting, wrote radio broadcasts
  26. Campbell in to take several reference headshots and asked him to strike a, sly ,look on his face. They showed him a rough of this Frank Frazetta-like painting.
  27. To suppress the drug trade in Guangzhou, stated," The Iron-headed Old Rat,the, sly ,and cunning ring-leader of the opium smugglers has left for The Land of Mist
  28. man's lips spilled forth words that were realistic without being dour, full of, sly ,humor and beautifully observed detail. Most recognized their debut album as a
  29. In Christianity, the serpent has been seen as a representative of evil and, sly ,plotting, which can be seen in the description in Genesis chapter 3 of a snake
  30. An adjective meaning" easily deceived ". In Irish there is a word chili meaning, sly , It is used in the expression, Is é a chili caret é, pronounced Shay eh kill
  31. Frames herself and her parents in their claustrophobic Beijing apartment in a, sly , wickedly funny narrative much praised by critics Tony Rays and Shelly Krieger
  32. Digging the weeds/Who could ask for more? ", has also been interpreted as a, sly ,marijuana reference. " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" also became the subject
  33. Harris" hardly conceals his scorn for the old aristocracy" and makes a" a, sly ,thrust at the pompous life of the Old South. " Influence Children's literature
  34. Hindi ठग ‘ thief ’, verb,thugs, to deceive, from Sanskrit स्थग ‘ cunning ’, ‘, sly ,’, ‘ fraudulent ’, ‘ dishonest ’, ‘ scoundrel ’, from स्थगति ‘ he conceals’ )
  35. Now associated with the day—dawn vigils, marches,memorial services, reunions, sly , two-up games—became part of Australian Anzac Day culture. New Zealand
  36. Widespread. It has been speculated that the name and acronym were selected in a, sly ,reference to the movie Little Caesar, which featured a notorious gangster named
  37. Film critic Dennis Schwartz discussed the humor of Anouchka, writing," The, sly ,political jokes include Garbo saying:" The last mass trials were a great
  38. A boss fight in Act II (in Act III, she is mind controlled by the Fold). In a, sly ,nod to her origin, the dialogue options with Spider-Man include him suggesting
  39. Pin fold stands apart as, in Patey's description," a kind of mock-novel,a, sly ,invitation to a game ". Slater notes that this last story begins in identical
  40. Style of the older actress he envisioned for the part. Mankiewicz admired her ", sly ,wit and sense of class" and felt that she would play the part as an" elegant
  41. Delivery and smooth, swift pacing. = Saki's recurring hero Clovis San grail,a, sly ,young man, overhears the complacent middle-aged Huddle complaining of his own
  42. The powers' way Bifrost, kind of counsel, competes with Farbauti's terribly, sly ,son at Einstein. Son of eight mothers plus one, might of mood, is first to
  43. Magic, and diabolic The Monk (1796). Though Lewis' novel could be read as a, sly , tongue-in-cheek spoof of the emerging genre, self-parody was a constituent
  44. Empire, who lives on Tractor. * To Demerol, First Minister of the emperor, is, sly , has connections everywhere, and attempts to capture Hard for his knowledge of
  45. Denial and renunciation is always open to those wealthy enough to choose, and, sly , enough to present themselves sympathetically as a rebel. " Professor Roy M.
  46. Or son-in-law for eight years. Her mother continued to provide support on the, sly , The couple were complementary, with Harding's affable personality balancing
  47. In July 2009,he appeared in the light-hearted BBC1 series Hotel Babylon, as, sly , hit-man Arthur Barnes. The character is knocked unconscious by a flying bottle
  48. Gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it" delightful and, sly ,", and directed with" light-hearted enchantment" by Newell. He praised Grant
  49. Which feature him, Thanatos could occasionally be outwitted, a feat that the, sly ,King Sisyphus of Corinth twice accomplished. When it came time for Sisyphus to
  50. Products being released without being play tested (some were tested" on the, sly ,"),and many products that were incompatible with the existing

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