devil

Example Sentences

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“If you are on his good side, he’s very good, but get on his bad side, and he’s the devil himself,” goes one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"The devil will be in the implementing detail: Metadata on AI content can be removed and Community Notes are relatively rare," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Liberal Democrats education spokeswoman, Munira Wilson, said the government was taking "solid steps" to address the system, but that "the devil will be in the detail".

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

In “The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon,” which was also adapted for television, a cobbler from a small town in rural Alberta strikes a deal with the devil to trade his soul for curling success.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

“You don’t even know what the devil I’m talking about, do you?” he said, with an oddly nasty tone in his voice.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt