the dickens
Example Sentences
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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
“We fought like the dickens over a lot of issues,” he said, recalling “heated arguments.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019
“He’s a human being. Little mistakes are made, different words are used – and everybody does it. As far as I can see, he’s trying the dickens to do a good job.”
From The Guardian • May 19, 2017
It hurt like the dickens but I gritted my teeth and walked on.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
