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

That makes a person wonder what manner of devilry they're concealing; after all, if there's literally nothing to see in front of us, surely it's hiding elsewhere.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2022

A different, more downbeat brand of devilry is afoot in "The Exorcist," which takes off from William Peter Blatty’s bestselling 1971 novel and director William Friedkin's 1973 film.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2016

What’s missing from his performance in the movie is present in the end-credits bloopers, where he cuts loose with a cry of primal anarchy that conjures the comedic devilry he’d been holding at bay.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 7, 2016

‘The Dead can’t be really there! Is it some devilry hatched in the Dark Land?’

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