she-devil
Example Sentences
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But Depp's performance as a crumbling shell of a man under assault by a she-devil he says he regrets marrying?
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
It is a nice touch that the person with the most sympathy for this Faustian she-devil turns out not to be the poet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
Mitchell’s way of rationalizing her she-devil protagonist was to maintain that Melanie was the heroine, not Scarlett.
From Time ● Dec. 15, 2014
They were convicted in 2009 amid lurid headlines calling Knox a she-devil - but an appeal court acquitted the couple two years later after defence lawyers exposed flaws in the original investigation.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2013
"Never fear," said Bertram, with a laugh; "we have no idea—at least not to-night—to trust our heads into any of the traps which this she-devil may have contrived here."
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
