What's the difference between hoodwink and juggle?
Hoodwink
Definition:
(v. t.) To blind by covering the eyes.
(v. t.) To cover; to hide.
(v. t.) To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
Example Sentences:
(1) But pollsters said that even if the president's worst failing was to have been naively taken in, being hoodwinked by a tax-evader he appointed to one of the country's most important jobs would be hugely damaging for his presidential standing and authority.
(2) So are we then being hoodwinked into thinking if we take this pill, we can abdicate responsibility for all our health needs because we've taken a pill?"
(3) The taped conversation between the bankers tends to back up the view that Anglo Irish bankers knew €7bn would never be enough to save the bank but once they had hoodwinked the Dublin government into providing support the taxpayer would keep picking up the tab.
(4) JN: One of the things that worries me is that somehow we've allowed ourselves to be hoodwinked by the dominant narrative about this technology… JL: That's what I think.
(5) Perhaps there's some embarrassment that they were hoodwinked by a schoolboy – for the record, neither of the footballers shared anything too scandalous with Gardiner – but in fact many of us would have been guilty at some point of taking something we'd seen on social media at face value.
(6) The apparent hoodwinking of the conservationists seemed to be confirmed by the US diplomatic cable dated May 2009.
(7) His fellow opponent, Sir David Chipperfield, the leading modernist architect, had claimed local residents had been “hoodwinked” by the proposals because the original plan, which saw flats built on part of the site to Chipperfield’s designs, involved keeping the original house.
(8) The effect is to engender contempt for the heartless Nazi propaganda chief and sympathy for his hapless victims who were hoodwinked into giving their mandate to a gang of murderous thugs.
(9) The IFS said the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats were as one in trying to hoodwink voters.
(10) Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy Read more An anonymous publisher says: The article claims that academic publishers “hoodwink” authors, but there was surely nothing dishonest in the behaviour of the editor, who was open about anticipated sales figures and his targets.
(11) He set up an "alternative energy" subsidiary in 1995 but environmentalists repeatedly claimed Browne has been using "greenwash" to hoodwink the public: investing small sums in carbon-free wind and solar power while continuing to spend billions on finding and producing new sources of oil and gas.
(12) Often the court process is used as an additional threat by perpetrators, and abuse can continue when legal professionals are hoodwinked into becoming pawns in a game aimed at destroying our lives.
(13) "It is condescending and wrong to think they were hoodwinked."
(14) Also: stick to safe colours, don't be hoodwinked by the fit model (most websites tell you which size she's wearing anyway), and check the returns policy, which is almost always "within 30 days" provided the item is unworn – although you may have to pay P&P.
(15) She denied that the couple had deliberately set out to hoodwink the public, saying they did everything "to make it work".
(16) Here are a few great examples of previous pieces to inspire you: Female academics: don’t power dress, forget heels – and no flowing hair allowed Writing for an academic journal: 10 tips Academics: leave your ivory towers and pitch your work to the media Six myths about how universities spend their tuition fee income Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy One last thing We’d like all our contributors to sign up for membership of the Higher Education Network and get our weekly newsletter.
(17) Newcastle had gone a goal down at the conclusion of a move which began with David Silva's hoodwinking of Vurnon Anita and involved Aleksandar Kolarov dodging Yanga-Mbiwa and crossing low.
(18) The extent to which successive British governments set out to hoodwink parliament and the public over the decision to give the US a military base in Diego Garcia and force out the islanders is laid bare in files released on Wednesday.
(19) People outside education are being hoodwinked about the implications of the decision.
(20) Which means there are a few short hours left to crack the clues on the worldwide web and hoodwink your family, colleagues and followers.
Juggle
Definition:
(v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.
(v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.
(v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice.
(n.) A trick by sleight of hand.
(n.) An imposture; a deception.
(n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cooled by a floor fan, nurses, doctors and support staff in blue scrubs move through the small anteroom next to the isolation ward to juggle the needs of the desperately ill patients inside as a stream of people knock on the canvas door asking for updates on their loved ones.
(2) The low cost of childcare, generous parental leave and the absence of a long-hours culture has meant that juggling a work-family balance is as much an issue for fathers as mothers in many Danish families.
(3) And despite her approachability, interviewers know not to ask her how she juggles everything.
(4) Juggling maintaining a high-quality blog or YouTube channel with student life can be tough, so you need to be constantly on top of deadlines and emails.
(5) I am expert in navigating the systems, on clawing my way to some work and juggling the admin to stay in that work.
(6) A part-time mum working in Centrelink or Medicare faces the loss of rights that allow her to juggle work with her family life; her job security is under threat and all for a cut in her pay packet.
(7) As employed women juggle the responsibilities of employment and family caregiving, many experience stress and fatigue from the competing demands on their time and energy.
(8) Similarly: Don't use your toaster as a bathtub toy, don't juggle live hand grenades and never put salt in your eyes .
(9) Luis Suarez will not be allowed to do his juggling seal routine at the Nou Camp, on account of him being banned and all that .
(10) Over in Atlanta, Georgia, Jaha Dukureh, a 24-year-old woman originally from the Gambia, was juggling a full-time job in a bank with motherhood.
(11) And that will no doubt please the leadership, which has to juggle rigorous internal policy debate (sometimes disagreement) with the challenges of striking deals with the Conservatives on every government action.
(12) As any graduate will remember, those years at university were just as much about juggling a melee of friendships as it was about studying.
(13) My husband went to the doctor the other day and a two-minute drive took 35 minutes.” Across the street, Aileen Brown at Eyhorne osteopathic clinic has been juggling cancellations and stranded staff for the past six weeks.
(14) Jeong, who worked as a doctor before switching to acting, will play a brilliant but insensitive doc juggling work and family life.
(15) Such juggling of information demands that the critical care nurse be alert to the subtle changes occurring within the patient, thereby allowing sound decisions based on astute nursing assessment.
(16) But I've heard Evan play changes in his own way just the same (on Monk tunes in a tribute to Steve Lacy for example) and develop a kind of parallel, rhythmically related and appropriately phrased line that isn't juggling the related notes of the chords, but is a fascinating interpretation of the original theme in its own way.
(17) Barry Glendenning juggles a ball and transfer tittle-tattle as he prepares to sit in the Big D-Day Chair.
(18) This week, Victoria was chatting backstage about the "huge juggling act" of working motherhood, and singing the praises of her trompe l'oeil skirt-and-shirt dresses: "It's great to have something that you can just stand in, zip up and go."
(19) Photograph: Sky Sports 8) Spurs to show which league they really want to win When the draw was made for the Europa League last 16 and Spurs were pitted against Borussia Dortmund, Rémi Garde could have been forgiven for thinking that his Aston Villa side may have faced a slightly weakened Tottenham Hotspur team as Mauricio Pochettino juggled the demands of a testing European tie and a Premier League title challenge.
(20) A s if juggling the chairing of this year's MediaGuardian Edinburgh international television festival , becoming a mother and editing ITV News during a general election year were not enough, Deborah Turness is also considering joining a dance troupe.