Sentence examples for devious logic from inspiring English sources

With its devious logic and compulsive mood, "Remainder" recalls Sartre's 1938 showpiece of existential philosophy, "Nausea," a novel about a small-time historian, Roquentin, unnerved by the existence of inanimate objects — which disgust him, confuse him and make him doubt his own significance.

To convey the sinuous logic and rhetorical tricks of the brilliant but devious Guido, the translation should capture the winding syntax of Dante's grammatical construction with its hissing "s" sounds for the Italian subjunctive (credesse, fosse, tornasse).

Vituperative, devious, insincere, proud, and unpredictable in his correspondence, he published works that ooze sweet reason and cool logic.

Just devious.

How devious.

The results can appear devious.

Children are so devious".

"Cancers are devious beasts.

"He's not devious.

She was so, so devious.

Beatrice's plan is devious.