Example Sentences

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A cautionary tale about the perils of modern dating, the devilishness of technology or the ambiguity of consent?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2023

The statement may have come across benignly in 1954 — it is, after all, this show’s first signpost of a testy romance and a signal of the devilishness we’re meant to admire in Sid.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018

Dickham’s only real hint of devilishness is immaculate facial hair and ownership of a super-snazzy folding silver water beaker, the kind of thing David Blaine might take on a camping trip.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2014

Fans of the genre are more apt to appreciate the devilishness of such plot details than the tiresome, vaguely flawed character development that comes with them.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2011

His face now brightened into a mischievous smile, in which gaiety and devilishness counterbalanced each other.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann