Examples of wily in a Sentence
She turned out to be a wily negotiator.
a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need
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Greg Hunt, the wily suitor of the late Tanya McQuoid.
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, wily creators like Chaudhari will continue to stand on the shoulders of filmmakers like James Gunn and get billions of views by playing with AI immitations of their characters.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Hackman's criminal mastermind was wily, vain, cantankerous, and a bit too sure of himself.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
In 1974, Foreman faced an aging but wily Muhammad Ali in the fight famously known as the Rumble in the Jungle.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, wily creators like Chaudhari will continue to stand on the shoulders of filmmakers like James Gunn and get billions of views by playing with AI immitations of their characters.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Hackman's criminal mastermind was wily, vain, cantankerous, and a bit too sure of himself.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
In 1974, Foreman faced an aging but wily Muhammad Ali in the fight famously known as the Rumble in the Jungle.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Wily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wily. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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