Sentence examples for devious world from inspiring English sources

That it remains, on the whole, less accomplished than her other work has perhaps to do with the difficulty that frequently afflicts nonfiction writers, who fashion their narratives out of verifiable truth, when they turn their talents to the devious world of fiction, a world in which truth is held to a -- paradoxically -- much higher imaginative standard.

It was an enigmatic and devious response from the ultimate enigmatic and devious man.

Her real motives "belong to the internal world, devious, contradictory, labyrinthine, and mostly out of sight".

The quintet mix rhythmically devious originals, a world-jazzy idiomatic openness, and a rare chance to hear Turner cut loose on soprano sax.

Are they designed to sharpen alertness, increase hand and eye co-ordination, teach us to have fun and collaborate, or train our minds be devious in a competitive world?

In doing so, he unknowingly yielded control of his home world to his devious brother Loki.

Vampires in this world are wealthy, devious and powerful, but no more appealing than their human selves.

Burns wants what he describes as the "Hellfish Bonanza" for himself; not wanting to wait for Grampa's natural death, he hires Fernando Vidal, "the world's most devious assassin," to kill him.