the dickens

Example Sentences

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Boras and Belly became Boris and Natasha, a joke that hurt the Boys In Blue like the dickens.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023

The youngster “impressed the dickens out of me,” Eberhart said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2021

This would not be too bad, except we have very high ceilings and it echoes like the dickens.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2019

“I thought, ‘What in the dickens is that?’ ” he said in his video account.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2016

And this London address you’ve given me—what the dickens are you doing there?

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin