The soccer goalie made a sly move by throwing the ball to a player nearby. From LearnThat.org.
Wes Anderson animated a classic Roald Dahl story and cast the vocal talents of George Clooney as the title sly fox. From Wordnik.com. [Phillyist] Reference
She held her expression sly and walked Runtly away. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
One day he called sly Mercury, who had wings on his shoes, and bade him go and lead the cow away from the grove where she was kept. From Wordnik.com. [Old Greek Stories] Reference
KING: So the term sly fox?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2004] Reference
Picture yourself in his place when little Tommy next door calls a sly. From Wordnik.com. [LewRockwell.com] Reference
Sawney's warning against doing things on the sly was a clever way of teaching a more fundamental principle: be honest, be truthful. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Alexander: Global Warming: a Test for the Next Greatest Generation] Reference
He rebuilds a lab, on the sly, that is humongous, an undertaking requiring great wealth and a greater amount of equipment and manpower. From Wordnik.com. [Teenage armor: A review of the new Iron Man cartoon | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
The only thing missing is some kind of sly social commentary. From Wordnik.com. [This Pretty Much Sums It Up] Reference
Cops perfect a kind of sly, bitter humor early on or they go mad. From Wordnik.com. [The Unlikely Beanfield Rifle] Reference
Corina, she noticed, did that more often than anyone else, smiling at her with a kind of sly amusement. From Wordnik.com. [A Summer Idyll]
I know exactly what kind of sly commnts I am going to open myself up by asking this, but I will do regardless. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Voices 8: Sir Squirrel Accused Sexbeast MBE] Reference
He was adept now at pocketing the kind of sly insult that Ralph had just delivered, but he would not forget it. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Heart]
Stereotypes such as sly Arabs, money-lending Jews, feisty old women, dignified and wise kings, comic-relief peasants, green-eyed and raven. From Wordnik.com. [Write Like Hell] Reference
Ah, sly is the under-towing –. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Poets] Reference
He lay stretched out, chin on blanket, in a kind of sly, cautious immobility. From Wordnik.com. [The Nigger of the Narcissus] Reference
How did I ever check live sports scores on the "sly" while chillin 'with my shorty?. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
McGrath described her newest story as a "sly" adaptation of the popular children's tale. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News Tribune Homepage RSS] Reference
Really, though, this kind of sly bitchiness on Sammi's part is about as close to clever as this group gets. From Wordnik.com. [fourfour] Reference
The Republicans were doing what they could, on the "sly", to allow the corporations to hurt the worker's pay. From Wordnik.com. [Cafferty File] Reference
You are what the English call a sly hog, a very sly hog -- or, I should say, dog, though it is much the same. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference
Also, Mrs. Otway might think it very strange, what English people call "sly," that Anna had not told her before. From Wordnik.com. [Good Old Anna] Reference
Erik told us how they weren't going to tell her anything, and then began babbling to her in a ridiculously "sly" (to him) manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Since that date cigarette-smoking has become increasingly popular among women, and the term "sly" has long ceased to be applicable. From Wordnik.com. [The Social History of Smoking] Reference
He was her cross; she bore him meekly and not, I like to think, without extracting a kind of sly, dry fun out of the horrible creature. From Wordnik.com. [Alone] Reference
Beyond the rum, good tiki drinks always balance flavor with some kind of sly flavoring agent, often a unique spice or secret-recipe syrup. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
But as Bill Murray learns in the kind of sly, confident performance that's emblematic of his work in the '80s, there is no Dana, only Zuul. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
"sly" coming into my mind -- and her small mysteries awakened Winnie's curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Driven Back to Eden] Reference
By speaking in sly code or by ignoring the issue altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The No Bull Campaign] Reference
I had to do it on the sly because I didn't want anyone to see me. From Wordnik.com. [Piper, Please Don’t Drop Him] Reference
And a sly smile and being unpredictably entertaining are of no value. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Eastwood is never showy, but his laconic simplicity has never been so sly. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead, Take My Prez] Reference
You can never be sure what this sad but strangely sly man will do or say next. From Wordnik.com. [The Best-Laid Plans] Reference
But it's Neuwirth's sly, fearless turn as the cradle-robber that makes it a must-see. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Boy Meets (Older) Girl] Reference
Glenn Beck of Fox News is the master purveyor of this particular brand of sly paranoia. From Wordnik.com. [Hate] Reference
But then suddenly, a few moments into his high-minded speech, a sly grin crept across his face. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's No-Risk Policy] Reference
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