How to use "devious" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "devious" in popular movie and book plots

  • Meanwhile, devious schemes are afoot at the home of Bill's uncle Cooley.  - Bill the Conqueror
  • Meanwhile, the sheriff comes up with a devious plan.  - Colorado Territory (film)
  • Eli's long suffering wife, Sarah, demands a divorce while praising her son for his devious behavior.  - Nobel Son
  • One day, King Gorgeous Gorge and his Gluttons cook up a devious plan to rule the world and they sprinkled an extra dash of destruction.  - Fighting Foodons
  • Learning their location through devious means, Rahul turns up at their hotel in the Alps.  - Darr
  • Angered over the loss of her lover and his slight of her character, Merteuil devises a devious plan of revenge.  - Valmont (film)
  • The next morning, Susie attempts to take revenge on Emilio with a devious plan.  - The Pleasure Seekers
  • But Pulakesi devises a devious way of making her dance by beating the captured Pallava citizens and stopping only when Sivagami dances.  - Sivagamiyin Sapatham
  • Set in 15th-Century Europe, a fictional medieval kingdom is ruled by the devious Queen Aggravain and the mute King Sextimus the Silent.  - Once Upon a Mattress
  • Graveheart and Cryos are captured by a faction of convicts led by Jewelia, a devious woman who takes a liking to Graveheart.  - Shadow Raiders
  • Klaymodo's chief baddies are the devious dr Kiln and local voodist Happy Harry Houngan.  - ClayFighter 63⅓
  • They are highly intelligent but devious and selfish.  - The Mysterious Cities of Gold
  • By the epilogue, however, Darrin and Samantha most often embrace, having overcome the devious elements that failed to separate them.  - Bewitched
  • His greatest ally and his greatest adversary is Clorinde Balbi, an Italian woman of dubious background and devious intent.  - Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
  • By devious means Uriah Heep gradually gains a complete ascendancy over the aging and alcoholic Wickfield, to Agnes' great sorrow.  - David Copperfield
  • While washing a sheet, Mrs O'Leary discovers a drawing, apparently created by Gil Warren, a devious local businessman.  - In Old Chicago

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