bedevilment

Example Sentences

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Elena believes that Lila is her muse—and Lila forces Elena to succeed, through a combination of encouragement, generosity, and bedevilment.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 4, 2014

"We used to, back in the day, for the bedevilment of it."

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2013

Bronx juries are to the New York police what third terms are to New York mayors: sources of bedevilment.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2011

Mary's kitchen telephone is an instrument of bedevilment.

From Time Magazine Archive

When once the word "kîrât" is mentioned, flee the place, for you may be assured that it is the abode of all bedevilment.

From Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 by Pickthall, Marmaduke William