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  • Craftily I broach the subject, watching their faces closely the while to detect first signs of disapprobation, whereupon I empty long-stored vials of wrath upon their heads.

    The Golden Poppy 2010

  • Craftily captured through the gas station window as a bathroom break turned into a ‘small’ liquor purchase which turned into quite the ride home!

    Haitian hiking Kate Fleurange 2008

  • Craftily, predictably, they then announced that every job had to be risk assessed by supervision and the individual officers thus absolving themselves of blame when and it will, goes tits up.

    Homo Electric « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Craftily captured through the gas station window as a bathroom break turned into a ‘small’ liquor purchase which turned into quite the ride home!

    Archive 2008-03-01 Kate Fleurange 2008

  • Craftily, I've put the last item on the day's agenda as 'colleagues are invited to adjourn to the bar to continue discussions' because what normally happens at these things is that everyone disappears the moment we get to 'coffee and summary of the day'.

    Archive 2004-11-01 Jonathan 2004

  • Craftily, I've put the last item on the day's agenda as 'colleagues are invited to adjourn to the bar to continue discussions' because what normally happens at these things is that everyone disappears the moment we get to 'coffee and summary of the day'.

    November - thank god that's nearly over Jonathan 2004

  • Craftily neglecting to remove her high-heeled shoes, Ms. Lewinsky would gambol before the President, sources said.

    Kids on Clinton; Monicagate Journalism 101 1998

  • Craftily, they didn't tell him he looked to need it, but said that after his conquests and ordeals, he should make the same progress Dionysos had done before him.

    The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

  • Craftily she told the daughters of Pelias of the power of her spells, which could tame the fire-breathing bulls, and lull the dragon to sleep, and bring back the brightness of youth to the withered cheeks of the old.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • Craftily they edged around south of the enemy, scorching their faces against its streaming flank, and ran swiftly far up the line of forest past the church.

    The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

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