Sentence examples for was a devilish from inspiring English sources

It was 1995 and Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema had just launched the Security Administrator's Tool for Analysing Networks.1 SATAN, as it was to become known, was a devilish tool indeed.

It was a devilish device for turning recessions into depressions.

Apparently it was clear to him that cleaning up at Contech Casting was a devilish business.

Europe is a devilish prison.

It's a devilish clever game.

Gandalf is a devilish cartoon sorcerer.

The virtuoso violinist is a devilish hypnotist, descended from Paganini.

Love Is the Devil is a devilish brew of naturalism, Baconesque film effects, history and gossip.

Deller turns around and, just for a second, there's a devilish smirk on his face.

It turned out to be a devilish day for Chilean tennis.

Nonetheless, if the plan does in time succeed, it will have been a devilish close-run thing.