Covertly Sentence Examples

covertly

  • The Amatola mountains were stormed; and the paramount chief Kreli, who all along covertly assisted the Gaikas, was severely punished.

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  • She eyed Giddon covertly.

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  • Apparently, the observed talismanic activity is subtle sorcery and done covertly.

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  • She covertly accepted the copied transcriptions of the young woman's notebook that Cynthia presented to her.

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  • As he maneuvered the truck through muddy ruts in the drive, she covertly studied his profile.

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  • It was one thing to covertly admire Alex, but quite another to stand here discussing him as though he were high dollar merchandise at a low bid auction... and why was Katie so concerned?

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  • In the Labyrinth (dedicated to Queen Elizabeth of England), a discussion of the freedom of the will, he covertly assailed the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination, and showed that his views were tinged with Socinianism.

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  • These patches can not be covertly removed and they will detect any drug that has been used while the patch was in place.

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