Sentence examples similar to schemes of the devil from inspiring English sources
In a 1931 book he linked the post-1919 rise of women's movements that encouraged equality of the sexes with satanic influence, and claimed the custom of men tipping their hats to women or standing when a woman approached was a scheme of the devil to turn men from God and indicated an effeminate streak in men who practiced the custom.
Their uniforms will change from a red, white and blue color scheme to the Devils' red, black and white.
For one thing, the Rams have a knack of showing up in division games under Jeff Fisher – who always seems to do a better job of scheming against the devil he knows.
As it was believed devils would hunt and kill livestock, possibly due to strong imagery of packs of devils eating weak sheep, a bounty scheme to remove the devil from rural properties was introduced as early as 1830.
Contrived dissent was varied by the use or nonuse of the "devil's advocacy" technique.
The word is French and means "devilry," "manifestations of the devil," or "of devils".
Goveadder Speak of the devil.
This is the "dung of the devil".
He is the author of The Devil and the Jews.
