| 单词 | deviousness |
| 例句 | Ruth was a pale but complicated woman given to deviousness and ultra-fine manners. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were slow, they were thorough; none of the slapdash arrogance and sudden deviousness that marked Karhidish officialdom. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Her husband turned out to be not just a heavy drinker but a full-blown alcoholic with all an alcoholic’s deviousness and tragic charm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had walked straight through McGarrity’s front door disdaining the deviousness of the side door marked “Ladies’ Entrance.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His deviousness, clowning and attention-seeking have something fittingly and convincingly cattish about them. Cornelius Medvei's top 10 talking animals in literature 2011-01-06T11:32:27Z The more Kate discovers about Dexter the more she realizes how little she knows about him, and the more effective Mr. Pavone’s deviousness becomes. Books of The Times: ?The Expats,? a Thriller by Chris Pavone 2012-03-11T19:46:33Z Cora was a zany caricature of greed and deviousness. Angela Lansbury's spirit and star power burn as bright as ever 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z The character, introduced in the show’s fourth season, was conceived as cloying, calculating and predatory, her deviousness always accompanied by a charming smile. Betty White, a Television Golden Girl From the Start, Is Dead at 99 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z I could see other critics, either through ignorance, deviousness or entitlement, cruising right around the line that everyone was supposed to stand in and skedaddling up the escalator to the theater. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: You know all the spoilers in J.J. Abrams’ obsessive reboot — because you’ve seen this movie before 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Mailer was courtly and skilled in amorous deviousness. Norris Church Mailer obituary 2010-12-07T18:30:00Z And she knew she enjoyed being with exciting, challenging men, having already lived with a fellow art student, Igor Pantuhoff, a White Russian with matinee-idol looks and the charm and deviousness to match. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z In the opening moments, Elizabeth Sloane, a formidable Washington lobbyist, legendary for her deviousness and determination to win at all costs, impassively describes her professional modus operandi. Review: A Chilly ‘Miss Sloane’ Makes a Lecture out of Lobbying 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z “It excites him, the deviousness of this virus, its audacity,” he writes. Books of The Times: In ‘The Scientists,’ Marco Roth Seeks Truth About His Family 2012-09-18T14:03:58Z And only now are they fully grasping his deviousness. Perspective | The NFL deserves every bit of its raging Daniel Snyder headache 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z "The deviousness and cruelty of perpetrators was limitless," says the report. Child sex abuse: Failing to report it should be made illegal - major inquiry 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Numrich is an excellent actor, so I wish the role would have better packaged his deviousness. Review: Bryan Cranston tests the bounds of free speech in 'Power of Sail' at the Geffen Playhouse 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Players will be able to make their own levels, which could lead to some Mario Maker-style delights or deviousness once people get their hands on the level creator tools. A multiplayer Pac-Man game is coming to Facebook 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But the pace and deviousness of these machinations have, if anything, increased under the new regime. Opinion | The Biden administration’s ‘workarounds’ damage the machinery of democracy 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Lots of sex, much mischief, a great deal of deviousness; monsters, jinn, giant Rocs; at times, enormous quantities of blood and gore; but no God. Opinion | Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Let’s pause a moment to appreciate the deviousness of this scam. Column: That fraud alert on your phone? It could be part of the scam 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z "He has shown the court he has a history dating back 20 years that shows a sexual attraction to children and the deviousness of his activity," Assistant U.S. Josh Duggar released from jail as he awaits child porn trial 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Of course, part of the game’s delight and deviousness is down to its deliberately distortive and distracting visuals designed to throw players off. The art of making simple but tough rhythm games 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Or maybe the NFL just chronically mistakes jaw thrust for decisiveness and deviousness for acumen. Perspective | The NFL misses the value of quiet self-awareness. It’s why Frank Reich remains overlooked. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Algeria referendum: A vote 'to end years of deviousness' Algerian President Tebboune returns after Covid treatment in Germany 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z This deviousness, it appears, may only be the tip of the iceberg. Final, final Republican defense strategy for Trump: Don the tinfoil, join the conspiracy 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Yet focusing on the corruption and deviousness of illiberal governments in the region will not help us understand the sources of popular support for national populist parties. How liberalism became ‘the god that failed’ in eastern Europe 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It called the scope, nature and deviousness of his criminal activity staggering, saying he risked innocent life each time he engaged in swatting. Prosecutors seek 25 years in prison for deadly Kansas hoax 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z “There’s no deviousness, there’s no duplicitousness, none of that stuff. He’s a mensch. Someday, I hope to be a mensch,” Gettleman said. Gettleman has no-holds barred talk with Manning 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The president’s form of deception is qualitatively different from the deviousness of Richard M. Nixon or the smoothness of Bill Clinton. Opinion | We are a superpower run by a simpleton 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He reveals his true deviousness in human form at the palace ball. A new take on “Swan Lake” 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Some leaks result from deviousness — the attempt to box the president in on a policy matter. Opinion | The ‘DO NOT CONGRATULATE’ leak shows the White House is panicking 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z It’s inevitable that there will be falls along the way, deviousness we didn’t foresee. Dawn of the techlash | Rachel Botsman 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The broad scope, long history and sophisticated deviousness of Russian cheating have by now been amply documented, by multiple investigations. Column: Russian doping reprieve highlights IOC lack of spine 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “If it was, I appreciate that kind of deviousness,” he said. Mulvaney already is putting his stamp on CFPB — and still sparring over its leadership 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z “I’m enjoying the deviousness of my mind,” he said Saturday. Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z It is Saudi-inspired and -educated machinations of deviousness that keep hitting Western targets. Iran and the Saudi deflection campaign 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z And then there’s the combustible human combination of competition and deviousness. Want to Cheat Your Fitbit? Try a Puppy or a Power Drill 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Nixon only succeeded in further antagonizing a very powerful Washington institution, one capable of far more deviousness than even he was. Inside the plot to kill JFK: The secret story of the CIA and what really happened in Dallas 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Laguens, of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said the undercover videos took the organization by surprise, calling the “level of deviousness” required to sustain the ruse “unprecedented in its scale”. Anti-abortion activists rally across US as third video targets Planned Parenthood 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z A dutiful leader may be forgiven the occasional white lie or deviousness … and even an inconvenient name. Why Hillary Clinton Should Emphasize Her 'Royal' Devotion to Duty in 2016 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Many Britons consider him to be a Machiavel with a Messiah complex, a war criminal who claims – the deviousness of the man! – to be saving the world. Inside the Mind of Tony Blair: The Newsweek Interview 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “Also, there seems about Walker — and I do not say this pejoratively — a simplicity, an absence of calculation and deviousness, that is attractive to voters looking for someone fresh and honest to believe in.” Scott Walker, Feeling Kinship With Ronald Reagan, Claims His Legacy 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Prosecutor Ian Paton said: "A lot of criminal ingenuity harbours in the mind of Mr Moore. The case is one of extraordinary criminal inventiveness, deviousness and creativity, all apparently the developed expertise of this defendant". Wandsworth Prison escapee Neil Moore faked bail email 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In the United States and Canada, the great Soviet teams were often thought to be machinelike, monolithic and emotionless, save for glimpses of arrogance and deviousness. 'Red Army' Hockey Documentary Begins Limited Run This Week 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z The destruction of the Indians was asymmetric war, compounded by deviousness in the name of imperialist manifest destiny. The U.S. military’s ongoing slur of Native Americans Your deviousness was to keep various agencies away from you and your children. Mother who starved son is jailed 2013-10-04T12:00:29Z All in all, there is a level of complexity so great as to indicate industrial deviousness. Energy bills: the government gets warmer 2012-11-20T23:14:13Z What made the hacks so effective was their deviousness. The Hackers of Damascus 2012-11-15T11:00:57Z This being a romantic comedy as well as a so-called problem play, deviousness on the part of good people, including what Shakespeare professors refer to as a “bed trick,” is employed. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Measure for Measure,’ in Madison 2012-08-19T03:00:08Z So with infinite deviousness Chitterlow came at last to his play. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z But why would someone as masterful at the art of deception and as skilled at deviousness make such a blunder? Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Confidence Is Good; Overconfidence, Not So Much 2011-09-06T22:45:00.237Z My old strawberry lady had estimated the distance to Billings as about twenty miles, but such was the extreme deviousness of the endlessly divided channels that it must have been greatly in excess of that. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Much of the deviousness of playing underground politics disgusted him, and yet he knew he would have regarded it only as an amusing game for high stakes before his change of heart. The Law of Hemlock Mountain They operated with a deviousness that made cartel treacheries seem like child's play. The Cartels Jungle I had meant to approach the matter with a diplomatic deviousness. The King's Mirror That is, he has no personal animus in his deviousness unless someone has directly offended him. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 It is interesting to meditate, sometimes, on the deviousness of the paths by which men are led in earthly affairs—even when the starting-point and object of pursuit are the same. The World of Ice The deviousness, the wayward passion, even the sempiternal abuses of the land were already beginning to take the aspect of something like quaint impotence. Romance A little deviousness, and the thing was done. Christopher and Columbus It is interesting to meditate, sometimes, on the deviousness of the paths by which men are led in earthly affairs—even when the starting-point and the object of pursuit are the same. The World of Ice Without hesitation he attacked when any sign of deviousness, confusion, or simple lack of clarity surfaced. The Tarn of Eternity But the deviousness and aberration of our human faculties frequently amount to something considerably more serious than this. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author He had been living with Malays so long and so close that the extreme deliberation and deviousness of their mental proceedings had ceased to irritate him much. An Outcast of the Islands But now the American was to be taught discrimination, to learn that if Stryker's nature was like a snake's for low cunning and deviousness, Hobbs' soul was the soul of a viper. The Black Bag An American correspondent sends me the following poem in order to explain to me the deviousness of Boston's principal thoroughfare. Roving East and Roving West The deviousness of his route had been such as to indicate a want of distinct purpose, and had enabled Hobson greatly to reduce the distance between them. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Yasmini guided them to the outskirts of the town in a line as nearly straight as the congenital deviousness of Sialpore's ancient architects allowed. Guns of the Gods The embarrassment of any truth is apt to be in its eternal abruptness, which no deviousness of tact or circumlocution of diplomacy has ever yet surmounted. Susy, a story of the Plains I weekly accept the rebuke of His better-ordained ways, and you, Diego, may comfort yourself that this girl is restored directly to her brother's care, without any deviousness of plan or human responsibility. The Crusade of the Excelsior But as the eye became familiar with the darkness it was seen that they were really advancing inland, yet with a slowness of progression and deviousness of course that appeared inexplicable to the distant spectator. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales |
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