Sentence examples for devious for from inspiring English sources

There is more to these hard-working women than their laundry skills — they are called devious for a reason — but the story lines and dialogue may be a bit too cute and contrived to hold viewers' interest for long.

She added: "There is more to these hard-working women than their laundry skills — they are called devious for a reason — but the story lines and dialogue may be a bit too cute and contrived to hold viewers' interest for long".

If you are really mean, you better be devious for pranks!

It was one last, devious step for a man whose oddities, for many people, made the F.B.I.'s anthrax accusation more plausible.

The writer knows there is some devious reason for her visit.

There may, however, be a less devious reason for the ECB to hold rates steady: many of the data are telling it not to cut.

The Bush principle of pre-emption is already being adored and exploited by other world leaders who have their own devious uses for it.

In an unguarded moment in the campaign, Mr. Bush said he had a "devious plan" for dealing with the class-size issue if the measure was approved.

"This is a devious act for someone trying to undermine legitimate concerns about the health impact of radio frequency exposure," said Joshua Hart, a leader of the group Stop Smart Meters.

There is probably some devious reason for this, but it isn't particularly amazing that he can name all 50 capital cities and add a fun fact about each state.

An army of diversity trainers now use Banaji's test to promote touchy-feely bias awareness in companies, which my colleague Frank Dobbin has shown to be a devious substitute for minority promotions.