Sentence examples for devilish streak from inspiring English sources
He tries to behave, Ishmael said, but his devilish streak keeps getting the better of him.
Andriana Chuchman, a winsome soprano, sang sweetly as Guenevere, bringing out the role's devilish streak especially well.
The artist Gerald Scarfe shares with the late writer Roald Dahl a penchant for whimsy and a dark, devilish streak.
A sheer black jumpsuit from 2006, a mere figment of McQueen's imagination that left nothing to anyone else's, generated reams of chatter and flaunted the designer's devilish streak.
(Anderson) ★ Mayer Hawthorne and the County (Monday) Mr. Hawthorne, a spit-shined soul-popper in the vein of Curtis Mayfield, hides his devilish streak behind thick Buddy Holly glasses.
Coronation Street character David Platt may have (temporarily) outgrown his "evil" past, but the actor who plays him, Jack P Shepherd, has been showing a distinctly devilish streak on the soap recently.
She was wearing a hip-length gilet in a navy pinstripe fabric over a second-skin bodysuit that gave the illusion of tattoos, both key ingredients in a formula of fierce tailoring and devilish streaks that the designer has been perfecting for roughly 35 years.
The 22-year-old is a rarely gifted player; an intelligent, two-footed, lightening streak attacker of devilish precision and deceptive strength.
Episode 8 was a thoughtful side trip into sympathy for Spacey's devilish main character, but by then I was exhausted, and only my compulsive streak kept me going until the finale — at which point I was critically destabilized and looking forward to Season 2. Sensually, visually, "House of Cards" is a pleasure.
Episode 8 was a thoughtful side trip into sympathy for Spacey's devilish main character, but by then I was exhausted, and only my compulsive streak kept me going until the finale at which point I was critically destabilized and looking forward to Season 2. Sensually, visually, "House of Cards" is a pleasure.
RICHARD D. ROSENTHAL With That Devilish Grin Richard D. Rosenthal was not a daredevil, but he did have a childlike adventurous streak.
