Use of devious in Sentences. 42 Examples

The examples include devious at the start of sentence, devious at the end of sentence and devious in the middle of sentence

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devious at the start of sentence


  1. Devious himself, he admired the same quality in her.

devious at the end of sentence


  1. However, the tactics have become more devious.
  2. However, the tactics have become more devious.

devious in the middle of sentence


  1. He has a very devious mind.
  2. He has a very devious mind.
  3. Or was it as devious as that?
  4. Or was it as devious as that?
  5. He got rich by devious means.
  6. She says we have devious minds!
  7. O'Rourke has a very devious mind.
  8. Let's take the devious route home.
  9. He had been devious and two-faced.
  10. She is devious and sly and manipulative.
  11. She is devious and sly and manipulative.
  12. Her saintly manner concealed a devious mind.
  13. Her saintly manner concealed a devious mind.
  14. He was as devious as his adversary was ruthless.
  15. Why should women resort to such devious tactics?
  16. She led him by devious ways to the meeting place.
  17. He's a devious, secret person and I don't trust him.
  18. Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her.
  19. He might be devious, but he was not without principles.
  20. He might be devious, but he was not without principles.
  21. Opportunism is a devious kind of self-interested behaviour.
  22. Opportunism is a devious kind of self-interested behaviour.
  23. He took a rather devious route which avoids the city centre.
  24. The coach followed a rather devious course to its destination.
  25. The coach followed a rather devious course to its destination.
  26. His devious nature was shown in half-lies and small dishonesties.
  27. If that sounds calculating and devious, consider the alternatives.
  28. You have to be a bit devious if you're going to succeed in business.
  29. You have to be a bit devious if you're going to succeed in business.
  30. Our enemies are different now; subtler, more devious than ever before.
  31. Our enemies are different now; subtler, more devious than ever before.
  32. Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private.
  33. Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private.
  34. He is a vain, devious showman accused of bribery, tax evasion, fraud and mafia connections.
  35. He is a vain, devious showman accused of bribery, tax evasion, fraud and mafia connections.
  36. Lydia recalled with devious glee how Father Maier had been plagued by diarrhea on a previous trip.
  37. Lydia recalled with devious glee how Father Maier had been plagued by diarrhea on a previous trip.
  38. This practice had a curiously devious origin, in a supposed antagonism between epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  39. Or, like any fallible human sinner, was he desperately constructing an armour of simplicity about his devious shiftings?

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