dynamic
toggle menu
menu
vocabulary
1000+ books

duplicity
in a sentence

Show 3 more sentences
  • •
    Caleb narrows his eyes at me, the way he does when he suspects someone of duplicity.  (source)
  • •
    asked Harry, who wanted every detail of Snape's duplicity and infamy, feverishly collecting more reasons to hate him, to swear vengeance.  (source)
    duplicity = deception -- such as lying
  • •
    I stand, frozen by how duplicitous my life has become.  (source)
    duplicitous = deceptive
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 3 word variations
  • •
    It is a harmless enough duplicity, even a necessary one.  (source)
    duplicity = deception -- such as lying
  • •
    "So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends," he says. ... His offer does make me feel better. Less duplicitous somehow.  (source)
    duplicitous = deceptive
  • •
    The Twins dislike us-we should be on our guard for any duplicities they might attempt.  (source)
    duplicities = deceptions
  • •
    The whole affair was a masterpiece of duplicity aimed at overwhelming them, and it began to succeed.  (source)
    duplicity = deception -- such as lying
  • •
    There is a big flurry of publicity-obvious PR plants-after the Nipponese tried to use their old-boy network to shut him out of the telecommunications market there, and he took it to the American public, spending $10 million of his own money on a campaign to convince Americans that the Nipponese were duplicitous schemers.  (source)
    duplicitous = deceptive (lying to or misleading others)
  • •
    Whatever Conklin's faults and duplicities, few men in the intelligence community had the insights and the sources he had developed over a lifetime of commitment.  (source)
    duplicities = deceptions
  • •
    And you didn't learn of her duplicity until after her death.  (source)
    duplicity = deception -- such as lying
  • •
    It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory, but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd, something duplicitous perhaps, about this apparently charming American gentleman.  (source)
    duplicitous = deceptive
  • •
    He followed the Janus image down to a blazing channel of doubles, pairs, linkages and duplicities to—Reich?†  (source)
    duplicities = deceptions
  • •
    But mostly, I'm hoping that it will be my mother's voice I hear next, laughing at my duplicity, forgiving me for everything, even this bit of trickery.  (source)
    duplicity = deception -- such as lying
▲ show less (of above)