1
This is a miserable subterfuge to shift the obloquy from the judgment.
2
Thus, by a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render their proposition safe by rendering it nugatory.
3
She would account his present attitude the consummation of a miserable subterfuge by which he sought to win her confidence and esteem.
4
By this miserable subterfuge, like a man about to part with his life, he hoped to make her remember him a little longer.
5
A miserable subterfuge!-asthough it were any part of my duty to supply an official with "laws and regulations" on such a subject.
6
They were above those miserable subterfuges that are so common with Americans.
7
Miserable subterfuge, beneath which thy cowardice seeks to hide itself.
8
"A miserable subterfuge," Cozens protested.