Plot, and lay guileful snares to bring, At cost of blood, a stranger king?
He answered naught, but in a trance still lay, still > motionless; yet 7 And on those guileful dazed eyes of his 8 The cloud of death did sit.
Or hast thou not heard what renown the goodly Orestes gat him among all men in that he slew the slayer of his father, guileful Aegisthus, who killed his famous sire?
But in the eighth year came upon him goodly Orestes back from Athens to be his bane, and slew the slayer of his father, guileful Aegisthus, who killed his famous sire.
So good a thing it is that a son of the dead should still be left, even as that son also took vengeance on the slayer of his father, guileful Aegisthus, who slew his famous sire.
His daughter it is that holds the hapless man in sorrow: and ever with soft and guileful tales she is wooing him to forgetfulness of Ithaca.
In passing and repassing it that evening, Rowena had vainly ransacked her guileful brain for an excuse to invade it.
A few such guileful speeches to the more credulous girls caused Mignon's stock to rise considerably higher.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense.
I abandon thee to be decoyed to thy doom by the guileful craft of Finn?
But for this thou hast indeed given us an ungrateful and unbecoming return; for thou hast shut us up in this dungeon, without food or drink, having, by guileful druidical spells, taken away our strength.
You indeed dealt unfairly and treacherously with us; and meant to kill us all, after having taken away our strength and valour by your black, guileful magic.
When the righteous law shall be restored, it will seal up the lips of the false, black demon; and his druids shall no longer have power to work their guileful spells.
Then tortured they that man of guileful soul Long time unceasing.
And swaying ever by his side, Shalt view his life of dark malignity, Teeming with guileful shames, like those he wrought on me.
Full well I know, Odysseus' poisoned tongue Shrinks from no mischief nor no guilefulword That leads to bad achievement in the end.
Enfolded by the Monster-Thing Of Lerna, while the cruel sting Of the shagg'd Centaur's murderous-guileful tongue Breaks forth withal to do him painful wrong.
Have referred to that dress in a way folks express By an eloquent dash or two; But the guileful little creature Knew well her tactics when She casually said that that dream in red Had cost but two pounds ten.
And tender music made That guileful voice; yet slow his wooing sped Those summer days.
But her hand Grasped once again the roses’ shining strand, And ’neath her guileful touch, like scarlet flame The snowy flowers burned.
Impossible is it that a guilefulcitizen utter potent words among the good, nevertheless he fawneth on all and useth every subtlety.
And beside the foot of Pelion did Peleus set his face against Iolkos, and deliver it over to be a servant to the Haimones, after that he had proved the guileful counsels of Hippolyte, Akastos' wife.
Dwell not our friends there, and our protection against uncouth wights, and mere evil things in guileful shapes?
Thou hast cast thy love upon one who will be true to thee, whatsoever may befall; yet is she a guileful creature, and might not help it her life long, and now for thy very sake must needs be more guileful now than ever before.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense.
And before the sun was risen next day Signy came to her father in secret and begged him to stay in his own country rather than trust the guileful heart and murder-loving hand of Siggeir.
Would That I might hold their charms in my embrace, Those charms so sweet and guileful and divine!
Seer Apollo, found no guileful prophet erst, By this one answer in my soul a lying hope hath nursed; Who sang of thee safe from the deep and gaining field and fold Of fair Ausonia: suchwise he his plighted word doth hold!
The next morning, in the same guileful way, all the rest were liberated, and sent with a similar message to the court of Montezuma.
So that, while well enough aware of that guileful individual's uncontrollable avarice in general, and his deep, dark designs on my money in particular, I think little of leaving it with him for the few minutes I expect to be absent.
My experiences in India have been singularly free from snakes; nothing have I seen of the dreaded cobra, and about the only reminder of Eve's guileful tempter I encounter is on the road this morning.
Their guileful souls seem to turn naturally to Allah in their perplexity; and they all prostrate themselves toward Mecca, and pray with the apparent earnestness of deep sincerity.
What are thy words, but Siren's guileful songs, That please the ear, but seek to spoil the heart.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "guileful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
