Sentence examples for devious means from inspiring English sources

This was censorship, albeit by devious means.

Devious means of finding out if one is a lady.

As Viasna is not officially registered, it has to use devious means to import donations.

As the elimination rounds proceed, candidates undergo increasingly devious means of evaluation.

I'm referring, of course, to Richard, who becomes king through his own devious means.

But they and their endowments were seized by the nobility, often by devious means, and the paupers were booted out.

The pair need $500 to finance this venture, and in the course of a long, hot day they zigzag across New York trying to raise the money by stealing, selling weed and other devious, dubious means.

He really did think that I had done something devious and mean.

Hopkins isn't always entertaining — his tricky, devious style, meant to frustrate opponents, can work equally well on fans.

Hopkins isn't always entertaining his tricky, devious style, meant to frustrate opponents, can work equally well on fans.

Moves to hand parliament ultimate authority over article 50 have been criticised as a devious and underhand means of frustrating Brexit.