Sentence examples for to diabolic from inspiring English sources

Over time, the cultural treatment of the bear went from regal to diabolic, with the lion replacing it as the king of the beasts.

When these could not be denied, they were ascribed to diabolic agency or to the fraudulent practices of priests or occasionally to a misinterpretation of essentially natural phenomena.

Abdul Mohammed from the African Child Association says belief in children being witches or subject to diabolic possession is "widespread".

As an example, some of the participants attributed their tobacco addiction to something diabolic – to a spiritual problem.

In ancient Arabic folklore, ghūls belonged to a diabolic class of jinn (spirits) and were said to be the offspring of Iblīs, the prince of darkness in Islam.

"Diabolic" comes from a word meaning "to divide". Diabolic forces separate us from each other and God.

All hands are set to the pumps to track down the sleeper agents who are being prodded awake to set this diabolic plan, known to the initiated as Operation Glass, in motion.

"It is very diabolic the taking of the radios, people are entitled to information about what is happening in the country… taking away these radios is to force them to listen to the ZBC, which they don't want to listen to," MDC spokesman Douglas Mwonzora told the BBC.

Harassed economically and abused sexually, Andean women fought back, earning in the process the Spaniards' condemnation as "witches". Fresh from the European witch hunts that damned women for susceptibility to heresy and diabolic influence, Spanish clerics were predisposed to charge politically disruptive poor women with witchcraft.

Recognized as one of the most haunted city in the world, it's easy to see why Sarchie considers NYC to be under diabolic siege.

So great has been the demand to see this diabolic pairing that the Orchard Theatre has already had to extend the run by a week.