devilry

Example Sentences

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He possessed both the winemaking skills and an appetite for devilry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

How about you, dear reader: Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure?

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

What else could it be — and what new devilry is waiting for us tomorrow?

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2019

Yugoslavia the cat may also remind readers of Behemoth, the demonic feline in Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita,” who mixes his devilry with charm, though Yugoslavia seems more devil than charmer.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2017

If he’s thoughtful, then there’s devilry behind it.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir