WILE in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for WILE, such as:
1. Eve yielded to the wiles of the archtempter.
2. Stern was the law, which at the winning wile.
3. The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
4. All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.
5. Her wile was not enough to persuade them to sell the villa.
2. Stern was the law, which at the winning wile.
3. The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
4. All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.
5. Her wile was not enough to persuade them to sell the villa.
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Meanings and Examples of WILE
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wile
n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Classic Sentence:
1 Stern was the law, which at the winning wile.
2 Wherefore I counsel to prevent her wiles and circle the queen with flame, that, unalterable by any deity, she may be held fast to me by passionate love for Aeneas.
3 Him will I hide deep asleep in my holy habitation, high on Cythera's hills or in Idalium, that he may not know nor cross our wiles.
4 His consort knew, rejoiced in her wiles, and felt her beauty.
5 Eve yielded to the wiles of the archtempter.
6 This is the more natural as the favourite game of the little ones at present is luring each other away by wiles.
7 Suppose despite all her charms and wiles, he refused to marry her.
Example Sentence:
1 Her wile was not enough to persuade them to sell the villa.
2 The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
3 All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.