Treacherous

Examples

• Oh, the dirty, vile, treacherous sod. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The smart, treacherous ugly bastard. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Her memory had an aristocratic bias, and was very treacherous whenever she tried to recall any circumstance connected with those below her in life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But has he been treacherous? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Is it likely that I would wilfully add to my other self-reproaches, that of being ungrateful or treacherous to you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The cockatoo, a most vicious and treacherous bird towards every one else, absolutely seems to love him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the meantime, a horrible noise was heard below stairs, some crying, Secure the treacherous monks! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• These rulers were for the most part of the ordinary eastern type, cunning, treacherous, and blood-stained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He loved her best, she thought; and yet--dared she to murmur such treacherous criticism ever so softly? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Would he believe that I was both imp and hound in treacherous earnest, and had betrayed him? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I regarded this as very treacherous on the part of Mr. Skimpole towards my guardian and as passing the usual bounds of his childish innocence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The treacherous miscreant! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A deceitful woman, a wronged man, a treacherous friend—a common enough tale, I think. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I've had overtures made to me lately that I saw were treacherous, and I flung 'em back i' the faces o' them that offered 'em. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was handsome, dissolute, soft, treacherous, courteous, cruel----' Don't cry, Cary; we'll say no more about it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was, perhaps, but at treacherous play with her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• And they are utterly treacherous and unjust, if the nature of justice be at all understood by us. Plato. The Republic.
• Charles I, who was probably one of the meanest and most treacherous occupants the English throne has ever known, was frightened by the London crowds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The villains, he said, the base treacherous villains, to desert me at this pinch! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless--forgotten and utterly insignificant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Tho' he vowed Would be bowed Heaven's Hera proud, Ixion was duped by a treacherous cloud. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Clouds gathered with treacherous quickness, the rain came down, and Will was obliged to take shelter in the house. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They are most treacherous monsters, and when least expected break out in full fury. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• That's a treacherous fellow,' said Mr Boffin, dusting his arms and legs as he came forth, the alligator having been but musty company. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And just in this way does his own treacherous memory no doubt treat his own dearest dear; own beloved! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• And may we not rightly call such men treacherous? Plato. The Republic.
• And so I had given up the treacherous wolf of the forest,' she replied; 'but, godmother, it strikes me you have come back. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Both operations are unjuSt. But a simple augmentation is an injustice of open violence; whereas an adulteration is an injustice of treacherous fraud. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Muck all the insane, egotistical, treacherous swine that have always governed Spain and ruled her armies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Edited by Greg