like the dickens
Example Sentences
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There now are about a dozen post offices, he said, and it feels like “they’re trying like the dickens to shut those down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2020
Partch and others have been trying like the dickens to save it.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2020
“We fought like the dickens over a lot of issues,” he said, recalling “heated arguments.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
This would not be too bad, except we have very high ceilings and it echoes like the dickens.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2019
So I went to Suffolk looking for Frances and her mother who could cook like the dickens.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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