diabolical

Example Sentences

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She said: "We've seen the worst care homes - diabolical homes - and they're not inspected for two or three years."

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The promise remains dazzling and deliciously diabolical enough for adherents to forget that deals with the devil always come with a hidden, inescapable price tag.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

After that fall, each bout of sickness or medical procedure causes a cruel chain reaction, like a diabolical Rube Goldberg machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“You needed her to be diabolical in order to show what really was happening there,” says Davidtz.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

By the spring of 2005, Howie Hubler and his traders believed, with reason, that these diabolical insurance policies they’d created were dead certain to pay off.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis