Example Sentences
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In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
As early as the Revolutionary War, their value to the young nation was such that the Continental Congress exempted printer’s devils from army service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Dust storms and spinning dust devils sweep across the surface, continually reshaping the landscape and driving processes that scientists are only beginning to fully understand.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
Like amateur detectives, we learn alongside them as they click around pages about Sumerian devils, Catholic saints and the origin of the nursery rhymes “London Bridge” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
I was terrified of horses, or I was terrified of what I thought horses were—that is, thousand-pound devils whose ambition was to dash brains against rock.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
