the dickens
Example Sentences
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The youngster “impressed the dickens out of me,” Eberhart said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2021
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
This would not be too bad, except we have very high ceilings and it echoes like the dickens.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2019
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Farmer and former Nebraska senator Norm Wallman: ‘Anything to get the ball rolling . You can plant it early in the spring, and it’s tough as the dickens.’
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2016
She took a drink of her soda, and I took a drink of mine, pretending to study the dickens out of that map.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
