fiendish
Example Sentences
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To make up for it, he pulled out a completely different jumping pass on the fly, starting with a different quad—-and then landed another fiendish combination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
That is good news for Inter who have a fiendish run of fixtures to close their league phase campaign, including clashes at the San Siro with Liverpool and Premier League leaders Arsenal.
From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025
Easy enough - except our celebrities had to navigate through a fiendish array of red laser beams, all pointing at awkward angles, meaning the most nimble had the easiest time of it.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
On “The Chapeltown Rag,” from 2022’s “The End, So Far,” Corey Taylor still whips from bold melody to fiendish growls like few vocalists are capable of.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
The treetops rustled and branches snapped as more of the fiendish creatures raced to join the fight.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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