Sentence examples similar to a duplicitous power from inspiring English sources

Thus it makes sense that, if what they're saying is true, each of them must be a duplicitous, power-mongering blowhard.

In Dickerson's telling, these wide-eyed would-be auteurs will be confronted with false promises, missed opportunities, duplicitous power plays, incompetent collaborators, and the myriad pratfalls any first-time microbudget filmmaker encounters.

This double regency continued until the end of the century, when a duplicitous compromise finally stripped the southern court of claims to power.

Humphrey Bogart and George Clooney demand candor from a duplicitous world.

Our wish is granted, but with a duplicitous art.

Jamie's lawyers said it was a duplicitous act.

Isabelle leads a duplicitous life, based on a dishonest bargain.

Many also say the boycott effort is a duplicitous way of seeking to delegitimize Israel.

One of the characters in the book, a duplicitous New York record producer, is named George Wright.

And Ben Kingsley is a duplicitous detective who toys with the couples like a cat before the kill.

The comedy "Dave," with Kevin Kline, started out with a duplicitous, libidinous president.