the dickens
Example Sentences
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And how the dickens did he get on the debate stage?
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2023
There now are about a dozen post offices, he said, and it feels like “they’re trying like the dickens to shut those down.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2020
Partch and others have been trying like the dickens to save it.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2020
“I thought, ‘What in the dickens is that?’ ” he said in his video account.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2016
After all the bragging I had done about what a good monkey catcher I was, I hated like the dickens to go and face him, but I couldn’t just run away.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
