devilish
Example Sentences
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They’re cartoons with real relationships, full of devilish takes on media and pop and consumer culture, with jokes that twist in the air like an Olympic ski jumper before landing on their feet going backward.
From Los Angeles Times
Unfortunately, the shattering beauty of the music is sometimes swallowed in the devilish din.
From Los Angeles Times
“Because, foolish girl,” she huffed, turning around from the fireplace with a devilish grin, “I am Madam Lucille herself.”
From Literature
The U.S. soybean market has become a “secondary player” on the global market due to the trade war with China, Newsom said, and this won’t change unless Mother Nature gets “devilish with Brazil’s 2026 crop.”
From MarketWatch
How wordplay and devilish games of deduction can be as satisfying to the soul as a song.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
