Sentence examples for was devious from inspiring English sources
adjective
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
She told Brittin his company's behaviour on tax was "devious, calculated and unethical".
I kept it quiet and was devious in hiding my new-found method of achieving that desired feeling of emptiness.
She said the group's approach to tax in the UK was "devious, calculated and, in my view, unethical".
Each hoped to use the other to promote his own renown, and each was devious and paranoid enough to find ways of preventing the other from fully succeeding.
To Tanhum's amazement it came out that Reb Bendit's behavior was devious, & Tanhum was unable to take his part in the final judgment of the case.
Hodge recalled Brittin to give evidence to the committee, and concluded that the company's behaviour was "devious, calculated and, in my view, unethical".
"Cancers are devious beasts.
Beatrice's plan is devious.
I think they're devious".
The temptress must have been devious.
It is Devious, not Sense.
