WILE in a Sentence

Learn WILE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

10 example sentences for WILE, such as:

1. Eve yielded to the wiles of the archtempter.
2. Stern was the law, which at the winning wile.
3. The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
4. All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.
5. Her wile was not enough to persuade them to sell the villa.

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 Meanings and Examples of WILE
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wile
 n.  trick or stratagem practiced for deception;
Classic Sentence:
1  Stern was the law, which at the winning wile.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  Wherefore I counsel to prevent her wiles and circle the queen with flame, that, unalterable by any deity, she may be held fast to me by passionate love for Aeneas.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
3  Him will I hide deep asleep in my holy habitation, high on Cythera's hills or in Idalium, that he may not know nor cross our wiles.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
4  His consort knew, rejoiced in her wiles, and felt her beauty.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
5  Eve yielded to the wiles of the archtempter.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  This is the more natural as the favourite game of the little ones at present is luring each other away by wiles.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Suppose despite all her charms and wiles, he refused to marry her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
Example Sentence:
1  Her wile was not enough to persuade them to sell the villa.
2  The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
3  All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.