Example Sentences

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But Lipstein isn’t implying that a person must either be celestially lucky or satanically unprincipled or both in order to “make it.”

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw hailed "Happy End" as "a black comedy of pure sociopathy ... as gripping as a satanically inspired soap opera, a dynasty of lost souls".

From Reuters • May 22, 2017

His profound and satanically difficult works are all greatly admired by critics, but audiences rarely seem eager to hear them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The traveler who reaches the lonely relic stands damply in a small reception hall presided over by a surly owl with satanically gleaming eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Assistant Commissioner smiled satanically and lighted a fresh cigarette.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax