| The man, being skilful in natural magick, did use all the artifices his subtilty could devise to imbecilitate the earl. |
| You may know me as an exactingly subtle novelist who peels away the artifices of European civilization to expose the twitching nerves of the human animal. |
| The material used in Japanese floral arrangements is held in position by various artifices, the most popular of which are the kubari, forked twig, and the kenzan, needlepoint holder. |
| While under the influence of a stupefactive or anaesthetic, the sorcerer or the person subjected to his artifices, beheld spirits or daemons. |
| The effect produced by this gradation of obscurity was intensified by constructional artifices. |
| These included cooked channa and cheese cake, table centers and artifices. |
