Sentence examples for devilish side from inspiring English sources

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The tour also proved Ms. Palin's devilish side.

He had a devilish side: he wrote a book on how to sabotage computer systems.

In a solo early on, dressed in black shorts and a gauzy one-armed black top, she was darting, quicksilver, a distressed figure with a devilish side.

And yet, for all its visual appeal and polish, when the accelerator goes down and the tachometer crosses 4,000 r.p.m., the DBS reveals its devilish side.

As Elvira, Ms. Ebersole, the brilliant star of "Grey Gardens," has an enchanting devilish side glance, and she's sometimes very funny.

Daniel Radcliffe shows his devilish side at Comic-Con Daniel Radcliffe: I turned to alcohol to cope with fear of failure and fame.

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Not every pin can be in a treacherous, devilish position.

But when he laughs — hearty and devilish — a more tangible side shines through: it's as if Mr. Bokaer, 29, is an old man stuck in a young person's body.

In its literal sense, the phrase is tracked by the O.E.D. to Charles Whitehead's 1842 novel, "Richard Savage: A Romance of Real Life": "There was my devilish mother in a side-box, gay and giggling, finger-pointing".

"Or men," Trish chimed in with a devilish smile.

Both characters speak to the audience at least as often as they speak to each other, and at a recent matinee the Hartford audience seemed to side enthusiastically with George, the devilish scoundrel who has naughtily taken us into his confidence, for most of the two hours.

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