Thursday, November 29, 2012

artifice

(n.): a clever means to an end

21 comments:

  1. Among these, a secret spirit of pride is always a certain proof of his artifice.

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  2. This car accident was just an artifice to win others' sympathy for his election.

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  3. He used an artifice to get other people to feel sorry for him but in the end he was punished.

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  4. The marriage was just a mean artifice to obtain money.

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  6. He planned an artifice to take revenge on his ex since she leaved him for another woman.

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  7. Trojan horse is an artifice used by the Trojans.

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  8. The telephone scam was an artifice to all his scamming crimes.

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  9. Trojan Horse is often regarded as one of the most respected artifice ever created.

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  10. What the president showed to the public was just an artifice to mask his true evil deed.

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  11. I devised a clever artifice to sneak past the security to meet Taylor Swift backstage.

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  12. The artifice to getting rich is nonexistent, if you want wealth, you have to earn it.

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  13. Chen Shui Bian's set-up scene when being shot during a campaign was an artifice to win the election, or else he would've never won.

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  14. The accident of hurting another player was an artifice in order to win the game.

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  15. Artifices of war are beyond verbal computation.

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  16. Tommy is not intelligent enough to come up with artifice that will expose Danny's wrongdoings.

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  17. Politicians' life is surrounded with endless artifices.

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  18. The tears is just an artifice of performance to win her teacher's sympathy.

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  19. When you expose the artifice of theater, the audience will trust the performers to take them anywhere.

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  20. The artifice worked so well that he didn't even know he was fooled.

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  21. Ancient Chinese were very sophisticated in using artifices in warfare.

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