devil

Example Sentences

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Nguyen told the court he had been "controlled by the devil" and had "lost control", highlighting a head injury he said he sustained after a motorcycle accident 25 years ago.

From BBC

He plays Matt as if the character were a manifestation of “the old devil sea,” one of the refrains of a play that finds maritime metaphors for all that is uncontrollable in human life.

From Los Angeles Times

But Principal Alex Hughes says "the devil will be in the detail" and in "what it translates to" for individual schools.

From BBC

Serve up on a toasted bagel for a classic preparation, top deviled eggs, or add to a seafood pasta.

From Salon

Of the Santa Ana winds — “devil winds,” as she called them — she warned, “The city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself.”

From Los Angeles Times