like the dickens
Example Sentences
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Her best bet, she decided, was to listen for the telltale squeak of her mailbox lid when the letter carrier stopped by in the afternoon and scream like the dickens.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021
This would not be too bad, except we have very high ceilings and it echoes like the dickens.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2019
And while the rest of Washington looks at a paltry snowmelt and bone-dry rivers, it’s still raining like the dickens in Forks.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2015
They want someone who is going to get up everyday and fight like the dickens for them!”
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2013
It hurt like the dickens but I gritted my teeth and walked on.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
