devilry
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She could write and she wrote a great deal, including detective fiction, a gothic thriller “of devilry, seduction, and hashish” and stories about “ghosts, suicides, and kidnapping.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
A different, more downbeat brand of devilry is afoot in "The Exorcist," which takes off from William Peter Blatty’s bestselling 1971 novel and director William Friedkin's 1973 film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2016
‘There’s some devilry at work in the Shire,’ he said.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
And you must understand that the deeds ascribed to these Idols are such a parcel of devilries as it is best not to tell.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
He looked at her and wondered what devilries might be stirring in her mind, what evil purpose she desired to serve.
From The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
We never martyred a saint, and amid all the witch-hunting devilries of Scotland and England we burned only one witch, a namesake of my own.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by T. M. (Thomas Michael) Kettle
This is the third of the series, the one of which Patty has foretold with horrid relish that it promises to be specially given over to devilries.
From Quality Street A Comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Just about that time, the devilries of war between the Emperor and King had been stirred up again, so that I found him much harassed by anxieties.
From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by John Addington Symonds
