English example sentences with "devil"

Learn how to use devil in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

The director cast me as the devil.

If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Speak of the devil, here comes Kathy.

What the devil are you doing?

Talk of devil, and he's presently at your elbow.

When you talk of the devil you will hear his bones rattle.

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.

Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

Give the devil his due.

The Devil may come.

It was as if the devil was chasing after him.

I had a devil of a time.

The man sold his soul to the devil.

The devil destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

He is going like the devil.

If she continues to live with a man she doesn't love for his money, the day will come when she will be utterly frustrated and between the devil and the deep blue sea.

For a healthy cheerful guy like that to get sick is like the devil getting sunstroke. Everyone is talking about it.

Who the devil was that?

In daredevil car races, there are moments when the drivers place themselves between the devil and the deep blue sea, trying to take the lead.

The devil lurks behind the cross.

Devil take the hindmost.

He is a devil in human shape.

She is possessed by a devil.

The devil challenged God to a baseball game.

When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.

The Devil sued God.

Don't paint the devil on the wall.

In former days, men sold themselves to the Devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find themselves compelled to become devils.

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.

The devil finds work for idle hands.

To the devil with you!

The devil is not so black as he is painted.

Don't shoot the devil in the back. You might miss.

Speak of the devil.

The Devil made me do it.

You lucky devil!

In old age, even the devil would enter the monkhood.

Well, speak of the devil.

God and the devil are really super.

God and the devil are awesome.

I regaled the devil; he gave me a fable.

Yesterday I became a god, but found that a bit boring, so today I became a devil.

He is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

There was a laughing devil in his sneer.

There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil who has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Do not fear the devil!

This person sold his soul to the devil.

The devil is hiding in the classroom.

Speak of the Devil and he doth appear.

You are the devil incarnate.

Speak of the devil...

Let the devil take him!

Speak of the devil, and he appears.

Tom doesn't know the difference between God and the Devil.

Tom is the devil.

The devil is in the details.

That man sold his soul to the devil.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Where God seems very close, the Devil is never far away.

The Tasmanian devil is a true animal.

You sold your soul to the devil and didn't get anything in return? What's wrong with you!?

A person will have the face of an angel when borrowing something, but the face of the devil when returning it.

Before tidying up, all my things were lying scattered about in their proper places; afterwards, everything was neatly arranged the devil knows where.

Talk of the devil!

Talk of the devil and he's sure to appear.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

Keep away from me, devil!

The more the devil has, the more he wants.

Where does the devil live?

I don't want to sell my soul to the devil.

The devil teaches us his tricks but not how to hide them.

Don't call the devil, because he can appear.

The devil is a squirrel.

Impulsiveness is the devil.

He's a little devil.

The devil may be a squirrel, but not all squirrels are the devil.

The devil may be a squirrel, but not all squirrels are the devil.

You are a real son of a devil.

Maria was a devil in the shape of a woman.

When you speak of the Devil, you can hear the rattling of his bones.

Even the devil hasn't woken up yet.

Not a candle to God, nor a poker to the Devil.

The devil makes work for idle hands.

Speak the truth and shame the devil.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

Talk of the devil and he'll appear.

You need Beelzebub to exorcise the Devil.

What the devil is that?

What the devil can you do with this?

On further examination of the report, it was clear that the devil was in the detail.

When you sup with the Devil, use a long spoon.

Tom is a tricky little devil.

Where does the devil feel at home?

The devil made you do it.

Angels have two wings; the Devil has a tail.

She made a deal with the devil.

For your sake, father, I would cut the devil himself into small bits, or even become a devil myself.

For your sake, father, I would cut the devil himself into small bits, or even become a devil myself.

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