Example Sentences

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If gangsta rap is L.A.’s most famous musical export of the last three decades, it has come with a Mephistophelian curse.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Sharon Stone leans into her Mephistophelian role as record exec.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Lorne Malvo isn’t an antihero; he’s a Mephistophelian villain, and Lester Nygaard his contemptible, ear-flapped Faust.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2014

This is Lorne Malvo, played with a Mephistophelian smirk and evil hair by Billy Bob Thornton.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 23, 2014

Imp is a little rogue; he looks it and acts it, and we feel that he has a Mephistophelian spirit.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)