Sentence examples for devilish that from inspiring English sources

The puzzle of consciousness is so devilish that scientists and philosophers are still struggling with how to talk about it, let alone figure out what it is and where it comes from.

That devilish side that leads him to play with his musical sources and not just absorb them and to write from the perspective of a man who might be as corrupt as he is enlightened is the source of Sting's integrity.

Spall has a bluff, devilish air that made me wish that Solanas, who wrote and directed, had the wit to turn him into a double-agent, instead of an ally for the drippy Adam.

But it's the devilish details that have stalled reform.

Michael Rouse articulates the devilish lowlife that is Jigger Craigin, and John Woodvine makes a distinguished Starkeeper.

A jammer is a devilish device that creates a cellphone reception dead zone by blocking certain radio frequencies.

And those devilish contretemps that can arise if Mom, for example, decides to keep her house kosher while Dad serves the children pork chops.

Both deals illustrate the rising tide of shareholder power, as well as the devilish issues that emerge when management tries to buy a public company.

Elevation changes come naturally and are used to striking effect, and the greens have devilish contours that break differently from flatland greens.

Here are some of the devilish details that remain: Any bill should give the 11 million unauthorized immigrants a shot at citizenship within a reasonable time — a decade or less.

But both deals "illustrate the rising tide of shareholder power, as well as the devilish issues that emerge when management tries to buy a public company," Steven M. Davidoff writes in the Deal Professor column.