Sentence examples for in the devilish from inspiring English sources

The trickery is in the devilish way she tells their story.

For connoisseurs of great defensemen — not for great defensive hockey, precisely, in the Devilish mode, but for talented individuals making great plays — this was one of the finest vintages ever offered.

The Broadway musical "American Idiot" received a healthy shot in the arm last week as Billie Joe Armstrong, the frontman and lead guitarist for the rock band Green Day, performed in the devilish role of the heroin dealer St. Jimmy for a regular complement of eight performances.

The trouble is, every woman's experience is subtly different and, often, IVF success is in the devilish details.

It begins in an actual prison in Marseille, where the devilish Rigaud (later, Blandois) is being held for murder.

Joel Unangst, a Los Angeles warehouse owner who granted Banksy the space to erect his first American art show, confirmed that the man featured in photos the Daily Mail published in 2008 is the devilish graffiti master himself.

In the family structure, there was the devilish mum-in-law who wielded enormous power over her submissive daughter-in-law.

Congressional Democrats are all radicals, in league with the devilish Nancy Pelosi.

Poor Rudolf's dream ("traum," appropriately, in German) contained the standard ingredients of the devilish one in which one is poorly prepared and horribly confused.

USA Network's show Psych has long been a fan favorite, but with the semi-recent announcement of it being renewed for a season eight filled with only eight episodes, as opposed to its usual 16, fans have been moving and shaking in order to keep the devilish duo of Shawn James Rodayy) and Gus (Dule Hill) continued fixtures on their televisions.

I wanted to be an academic but I discovered that the whole thing is set up in the most devilish way to kill that enthusiasm.