Sentence examples for of hoodwink from inspiring English sources

The allusion seems to be to spread a blanket over the head to obstruct one's figurative sight, similar to the origin of hoodwink; other speculation goes as far as to suggest pulling a person's hairpiece over his face.

The complaints accuse the schools of hoodwinking students about their employment opportunities after graduation.

Macdonald, in her grief, accomplishes the unlikely act of hoodwinking herself with a hawk.

"There's all sorts of hoodwinking and linguistic devices that they use to persuade you to hand over your data".

So far this summer, the only major infraction occurred when Carlos Boozer was suspected of hoodwinking the Cleveland Cavaliers with a handshake deal before signing with the Utah Jazz.

On December 6th, Hamm followed up her tale of hoodwinked travelers in her On the Spot column.

On paper, I am a mainstream Middle Eastern crowd pleaser, and that's part of my own narrative of hoodwinking".

Cory Edwards wrote into the magazine, expressing his similar sentiments and writing, "As the writer-director of Hoodwinked, it may surprise you that I couldn't agree more with James Poniewozik's article.

And the risks of attempting to hoodwink consent out of your users are about to step up sharply too, at least in Europe.

Asked if he thought the broadcast was entirely honest, given that he is presented as an ordinary family, he said: 'Obviously I think it is, but if you have any questions about that you should phone the party.' Nicola Sturgeon, deputy leader of the SNP, accused Labour of trying to hoodwink voters.

It used to be that artists whose work was too closely aligned with consumerism were accused of trying to hoodwink the viewer by passing off a commodity as a lofty work of art (think Warhol).