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

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

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2019

In the Thuringian town of Eisenach, where Bach was born, quasi-pagan notions of devilry still prevailed.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016

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

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