devilment
Example Sentences
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She is all mischief and devilment, huggably wise, possessed of an agile mind and a sweet nature as a mystery writer/amateur detective who is always one amiable step ahead of the police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Above all others, Kieran Tierney has that devilment, but can he recover from his calf injury in time?
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2021
Unlike a contemporary version of Cassius, who was forever pacing the floor and wondering how much devilment he could put his fellow citizens up to by calling it conscience instead of opportunism.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2016
Begoña Cao has the vampy legs and eyes for Carmen, but not the devilment, Esteban Berlanga the El Greco face but not the visionary despair for the Boy in L'Arlésienne.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011
Just for devilment, she plunks herself down beside me in that swing and starts doin’ everything I do.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
