Sentence examples for devil of a from inspiring English sources

Karen Durbin describes Mia Farrow's character in "Rosemary's Baby" as a woman "who suspects she's carrying Satan's spawn" ["A Devil of a Marriage, Scarier Than Ever" by Karen Durbin, Jan . 19]

They expect to have a devil of a time.

Say: "I'm having a devil of a time finding my heirloom jewelry.

Poor kid is going to have a devil of a time in the playground.

Pass me that lump hammer while I hold down this devil of a cobalt blue.

Fallopia baldschuanica, aka Russian vine, aka mile-a-minute, is a devil of a climber.

But the Scotsman had a devil of a job, needing four grimly contested sets over four hours.

She argues that women of her generation made a "devil of a bargain" when they traded homemaking for careers.

James Anderson bowls the Australian a devil of a delivery first up that beats the outside edge.

Joseph Conrad, no radical, described it as "a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a rapacious and pitiless folly".

Earth's spokesman will then have the devil of a job explaining to our new guests quite where Freedom Rhythm & Sound fits into the picture.