devilry

Example Sentences

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He possessed both the winemaking skills and an appetite for devilry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

How about you, dear reader: Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure?

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Whereas the dread of devilry, in “The Witch,” was rooted deep in the faith of the early settlers, “The Lighthouse” has to create its own mythology as it goes along.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 18, 2019

What else could it be — and what new devilry is waiting for us tomorrow?

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2019

‘We feared that Saruman was brewing some new devilry for us.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien