Example Sentences

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Greeted with rapturous reviews when it debuted at the Manchester International Festival, this production features Mr. Branagh as the murderous thane and Alex Kingston as his fiendlike queen.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

Both visually and vocally, Verrett conveyed little of Shakespeare's "fiendlike queen."

From Time Magazine Archive

Traveling was slow, and the dogs became demons; at one time, sullen and stubborn; then wildly excited and savage; and in our handling of them I fear we became fiendlike ourselves.

From A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Washington, Booker T.

Pizarro waited only for the sun to go down, that darkness might shroud the fiendlike deed.

From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The first object that encountered her gaze, was the scornful, fiendlike face of Mrs. Mason, scowling upon her.

From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Moodie, Susanna