deviltry

Example Sentences

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Adapted by McQueen and novelist Gillian Flynn from a British television series, “Widows” faithfully obeys the most visceral beats of a classic caper flick, with none of the genre’s playfulness or light-footed deviltry.

From Washington Post

The press of other workaday news stories, plus added reports of White House deviltry, overshadow the scandal brewing in the public school system of our nation’s capital.

From Washington Post

What’s not to love about the team that used to be an emblem of deviltry and dysfunction?

From New York Times

And even recycling can be accomplished with panache and deviltry.

From New York Times

However… a few years after the movie’s release, someone thought it might be a good idea to apply some audio-processing deviltry to the scene and bring out Those Lines That Should Not Be Known.

From Time