she-devil
Example Sentences
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But Depp's performance as a crumbling shell of a man under assault by a she-devil he says he regrets marrying?
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022
In the novel, Ruth desexes herself, as surely as Lady Macbeth, going from woman to self-described she-devil.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018
Mitchell’s way of rationalizing her she-devil protagonist was to maintain that Melanie was the heroine, not Scarlett.
From Time • Dec. 15, 2014
They were convicted in 2009 amid lurid headlines calling Knox a she-devil - but an appeal court acquitted the couple two years later after defence lawyers exposed flaws in the original investigation.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013
"What a perfect she-devil you are," said Hank, now throwing off all restraint.
From Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier by Cornelius, M. A.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
