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something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity- Subterfuges and deceptions.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- Now stern Aeneas his weighty spear Against his foe, and thus upbraids his fear: "What farther subterfuge can Turnus find?Virgil -- The Aeneid
- And suddenly, in the space of two minutes she achieved her victory and justified herself to herself without lie or subterfuge, cut the cord forever.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- The woods, Miguel, and love were lost in the deep well of her terror and she resigned herself to facing her fate without subterfuge.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- Why do you force me to idiotic subterfuges?" he exclaimed with sudden warmth.Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
- The subterfuges people have used to get their parents here—wow, pretty ingenious.Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
- 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.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- Despite his subterfuge, Arya appeared unconvinced.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- But I don't bother with any subterfuge—no sunglasses, no cap.Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
- I knew only I was as powerfully drawn to him as before; and to some extent the words I spoke now were a subterfuge.Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
- I like a straightforward course, and am always reluctant to resort to subterfuges.Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- And yet the very fact that Shakespeare had to use these subterfuges shows how widely his thoughts ranged.George Orwell -- Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool
- Is the subterfuge good enough, Machiavelli?George Bernard Shaw -- Major Barbara
- And thus I'd have a subterfuge on demand With which my conscience might muddle through In swearing to things that I knew weren't true.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
- You'll get tired of this subterfuge.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- This subterfuge would be assisted by the fact of his staying at Corbin castle, instead of at the actual place of the tournament.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- He endeavored to laugh her off, and then tried subterfuge, and lastly he cast off his mask and let her see his naked soul.Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
- And after all, bargains and subterfuge are a way of life for him.Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
- You are shocked that I have proposed a subterfuge.Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted
- No subterfuge was necessary: immediately after eating, Raymond had gone back to his study.V.S. Naipaul -- A Bend in the River
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