Sample Sentences for
subterfuge
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    And after all, bargains and subterfuge are a way of life for him.†  (source)
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    His subterfuge skills were almost as refined as Otis's.†  (source)
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    Inside the building, however, all subterfuge ended.†  (source)
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    I was in a panic because I'm not built for subterfuge and deception.†  (source)
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    This was difficult, for Scarlett had not a subtle bone in her body; and Gerald was so much like her he never failed to penetrate her weak subterfuges, even as she penetrated his.†  (source)
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    If he'd found the clothes six months before, I would have been ashamed at the subterfuge.†  (source)
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    Subterfuges and deceptions.†  (source)
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    You are shocked that I have proposed a subterfuge.†  (source)
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    I think of subterfuges: examining his shirts for perfume, tailing him along the street, hiding in the closet and jumping out, red-hot with discovery.†  (source)
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    His first instinct was to pretend he was still sleeping—he was exhausted, after all, and could have used more time undisturbed in bed— but the thought of her lying there and feeling alone was not a pleasant one, and besides she might have noticed the subterfuge.†  (source)
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    And yet the very fact that Shakespeare had to use these subterfuges shows how widely his thoughts ranged.†  (source)
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    But he was remembering the words of the legend: "The Lisan al-Gaib shall see through all subterfuge."†  (source)
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    I like a straightforward course, and am always reluctant to resort to subterfuges.†  (source)
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