In a sentence
Six example sentences with artifice, each labelled with its topic.
The thief escaped by artifice, dropping a decoy pack in the corridor while she slipped out the service duct.
Gaming
The heist turns on a single artifice: a fake delivery van that keeps the guards watching the wrong entrance.
Movies
Ground-nesting birds use a familiar artifice, dragging one wing along the sand to lead a fox away from the eggs.
Environment
The pump fake is a small artifice, a pretend shot that sends the defender flying past while the shooter waits.
Basketball
The wooden horse was an artifice that let the Greek soldiers slip past the gates their armies could not breach.
History
Odysseus escapes the cave by artifice, hiding his men under the sheep so the blinded giant feels only wool.
Literature
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