the dickens

Example Sentences

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The way the Rams’ game imploded should scare the dickens out of L.A.’s players and coaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2020

Partch and others have been trying like the dickens to save it.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2020

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Farmer and former Nebraska senator Norm Wallman: ‘Anything to get the ball rolling . You can plant it early in the spring, and it’s tough as the dickens.’

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2016

So why the dickens would he say incorrectly that Nevada’s voters are 80 percent white in a state that’s sparsely polled but when it is polled shows her well into the clear?

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2016

So I went to Suffolk looking for Frances and her mother who could cook like the dickens.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride