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

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

  • Penélope, however, is sly and deceitful.  - María la del Barrio
  • In the second Game, Neku's partner is an intelligent and sly teenage boy, , who prefers to be called.  - The World Ends with You
  • Jack's troubles increase when the argumentative Punches move in next door and his son adopts a sly and sticky-fingered pet.  - The Fourth Bear
  • He appears to steal valuables and the orphan group sells them to a sly shopkeeper, Ernesto Barbarossa.  - The Thief Lord
  • Hector arrives to cast blame on the sentinels for, due to the sly tactics, the guilty party could only be Odysseus.  - Rhesus (play)
  • They capture Eli, learning that his father Frank is a sly and powerful man.  - A Fistful of Datas
  • The wedding takes place in the same place where they first met, prompting some memories and sly smiles from both of them.  - Iruvar
  • Carrie, their sister, doesn't reveal anything (just giving her dad a sly smile) because adults aren't meant to know their secrets.  - Baby Geniuses
  • Burns invites Homer to his office with the intent of bribing him, but Homer misconstrues Burns's sly innuendos as sexual advances.  - Last Exit to Springfield
  • They meet on the sly until a fateful night when Chandni accidentally hits a passerby on the way home from a tryst with Amit.  - Silsila (film)
  • When he sees a bank, however, his face breaks into a sly grin.  - 4D Man
  • Charlie Ant gives his nemesis a variety of names as sly terms of endearment (Ol' Sam, Ol' Ben, Ol' Blue, Claude, Pal, Buddy, Daddy-O).  - The Ant and the Aardvark
  • There are also a number of sly allusions in the episode to McKellar's movies, including The Red Violin (1998) and Highway 61 (1991).  - Odd Job Jack
  • Natalie seems ashamed, but the President has a sly grin on his face.  - Love Actually
  • Women, as represented by Calonice, are sly hedonists in need of firm guidance and direction.  - Lysistrata
  • With a sly smile of triumph, he greets Bishop with, "Good morning, Uncle", having won the hand and heart of Arabella.  - Captain Blood (1935 film)

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