she-devil
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But Depp's performance as a crumbling shell of a man under assault by a she-devil he says he regrets marrying?
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
It is a nice touch that the person with the most sympathy for this Faustian she-devil turns out not to be the poet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
Mitchell’s way of rationalizing her she-devil protagonist was to maintain that Melanie was the heroine, not Scarlett.
From Time ● Dec. 15, 2014
They were convicted in 2009 amid lurid headlines calling Knox a she-devil - but an appeal court acquitted the couple two years later after defence lawyers exposed flaws in the original investigation.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2013
Mr. Richardson replied jocosely that if the Rev. Mr. Skelton would only sketch the she-devil for him, he would find room for her somewhere, and the subject dropped.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
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