devil's grip
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of devil's grip
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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If no more cowardly than Dimmesdale, Henry is more heartless, utterly callous, indeed,—as he confesses, in "the devil's grip."
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius
How long we were whirled in that devil's grip of the elements I cannot say.
From The Cruise of the Kawa by Chappell, George S. (George Shepard)
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