| 单词 | devil |
| 例句 | Try to remember that because if one of our big football players catches you, then there may be the devil to pay. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When Malcolm X talked about “the white devil” Mommy simply felt those references didn’t apply to her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Because right then, I didn’t care if I was going to Hell or that I was going to grow devil horns and a forked tail. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The color was called devil’s plum, a deep matte purple that I accented with tiny lavender rhinestones—just like the color of the journal Monday gave me for Christmas last year. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z These devils are laughing, their murderous eyes burning down at me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right. His advice was always, don’t annoy the bees, don’t annoy the bees. It’s men like him and Jaimito and other scared Julanitos who have kept the devil in power all these years.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at me like I’d asked why he feared the devil. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z How fortunate that you camel Now where the devil did I put that manuscript?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “The devil has only thirty-three degrees of knowledge- known as Masonry,” Reginald said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined her mother saying it was the devil. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t say that you will never dine with the devil if you have a daughter,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Most of them won’t be able to stand up, there’s going to be no privacy, and beneath the summer sun and the tin roof, it’s hot as the devil’s stove up here. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She had a smile on her dust devil face, as if she were intently listening to her favorite song. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Why had the beautiful fairy mutated into a revolting little devil? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “It didn’t have to be the devil,” I say. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding that the devil, played by Cook, gives himself away at once by wearing red socks, the infallible mark of a cad, Dudley falls into conversation with him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A dust devil twirled eastward from the sage across the flat deserted fields, catching tumbleweeds, bouncing them along and letting them go, weaving among the crumbled houses and rusty car hulks—a truly desolate scene. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There followed a description of this year’s turnip crop that would have put a Tasmanian devil to sleep. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “My flesh is withered, Father, but not my spirit! The devil is tormenting me.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After hearing Annabeth gripe about her dad for two years, I was expecting him to have devil horns and fangs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z If he would’ve let go of my arm for just one second I would’ve run like the devil was chasing me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z But it is easy to ward off the dust devil, it is easy to make it change its path and skirt around you. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Demon possession—Mercy, girl, I’d have to catch me a jet to keep one step ahead of you. Well—you better get going before the devil grabs me one more time.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Resent you, why resent you? What the devil do you mean?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Folks whispered that she was so mean, she must be related to the devil himself. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam’s father Cyrus was something of a devil—had always been wild—drove a two-wheeled cart too fast, and managed to make his wooden leg seem jaunty and desirable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There, they quickly called Indigenous populations “children of Satan” and “servants of the devil.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z By the third sip of soup he was asking me what the devil, was I really born on some other world—what was it like there—warmer than Gethen, everybody said—how warm? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We make angels and devils of our own want and regard, improvising from ourselves along the way. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw it — bristling, dark as the devil, huge as a horse — and my bowels turned to water. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The monks understood that the Mexica already had a church—a false church intended to snare their souls for the devil, but a church nonetheless. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It has been proven that the devil has sulphuric properties and this is just a little corrosive sublimate.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Velma, is this the hooligan who had access to your so-called elixir? More like the devil’s brew if you ask me. Is that the kind of thing you concoct in your chemistry class?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In the summer the dust devils of the llano are numerous. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Soldiers came, dragged them off. A labor camp in Germany. Working for Hitler now, and the farm going to the devil.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The truth was the devil was the devil even in a halo. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “All mine. Killed right in their pen. Poor they’d believe me anyway—so instead I took a calculated risk. devils never even had a chance to run.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When Eblis walked up and kissed the king on his shoulders, two things happened: The devil disappeared into a sudden burst of smoke, and the king grew two snakes from his shoulders. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Dogs come with him and wind and devils with whips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Why would Stalin make a deal with the devil? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the devil would leave me like this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z To workers, Eugene Debs and Samuel Gompers came increasingly to seem like saviors, Chicago’s merchant princes like devils. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Plus, it’s Friday the thirteenth, a.k.a. the devil’s day, according to Nana. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “We can have us some deviled eggs and tuner-fish sandwiches right here in the kitchen, Comfort,” he went on. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, she caught a glimpse of him, out on the patio, dressed as a devil in a red blazer from the thrift store and a pair of devil horns. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At this point, however, the devil himself, carrying a rope around one arm and shoulder, lumbered mournfully into the yard and cried, “Stop!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Historically, the non-white complexion has evoked and exposed the “devil” in the very nature of the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Edwards wanted with all his heart to believe in her goodness, but he was forced not to, as much by his own particular devil as by her outbreak. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The devil seems to put himself in your place, but in fact, fatally, he puts you into his. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The plantations were Hell because the masters and overseers were treated as gods—which turned them into devils. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z They’d think she was the spawn of the devil or something. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘Where the devil are we going?’ he cried. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I have the potential to be the devil. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “A field plowed by the devil,” I murmured. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malcolm X,” those devils would ask, “why is your Fruit of Islam being trained in judo and karate?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m good at voices. You want to hear Jay Leno blowing the devil? I got it from this comedian Bill Hicks.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Susan Calvin stared steadfastly at the floor, “He knew of all this. That...that devil knows everything—including what went wrong in his assembly.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “He looked right down his nose at me,” Smith remembered later, “like he was saying, ‘Who the devil are you?’ Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With little aprons to cover their nakedness, this devil race was marched off across the Arabian desert to the caves of Europe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The National Party accepted the most hidebound of 1950s cold war ideology and regarded the Soviet Union as the evil empire and communism as the work of the devil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As cocksure as the devil—and as irresistible, aren’t you? But what are we going to do with you?” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You little devil,” Papa said, and slapped him lightly with one hand while holding the jug for him to sip. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She didn’t seem to care that there were dust devils under the beds or that it was time for Uncle Camp to come to dinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was a time when a girl like Cathy would have been called possessed by the devil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Only Ben,” said Maxim; “he’s quite harmless, poor devil. His old father used to be one of the keepers, they live near the home farm. Where did you get that piece of twine?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And I played the violin like a very devil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They circled and circled, creating a whirlwind, a dirt devil of debris and dark moldy hay that swirled all the way up to the ceiling. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Knowing your mother, though,” he glances into the house, “she’s going to fight it like the devil.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The trucks barreled down the long, winding road, their passengers silenced by the dust deviling up and by the heat. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dara Lynn’s got the devil in her tonight—little bit bored with summer, but not quite ready for school to start. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she turns and walks away on long bare legs, her devil tail swishing back and forth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you just say it then, Mexico? You don’t gotta bring up me and the devil like that. It’s blasphemic.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Now, you red-eyed devil,” he said, when he had made an opening sufficient for the passage of Buck’s body. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I’m prepared this time. If the devil is anywhere near me, I’ll know what to do.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The Underwood devil’s horns glowed through his slicked-down hair, as he sat in front of the window facing my mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He never played devil’s advocate or told me what I was feeling was wrong, the way Stephen Kellner did. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Why the devil should I be rattled? I have nothing to be rattled about.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Never was there a clearer case of “stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z I can picture the Georgia housewives shuddering at the Communist challenge, quickly turning the page on that black devil Lumumba with the pointed chin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z These three—I believe there were three, as I remember—older devils sat behind desks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is only in the unaccountable minority, the “cases,” that the line is crossed, and then there is the devil to pay on both sides, but most of all for the meningococci. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The real reason, according to Elijah, that I failed to realize that the white man was a devil was that I had been too long exposed to white teaching and had never received true instruction. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Then, veiy seriously, he talked for two solid hours about ‘ ‘the devil white man’ ’ and ‘ ‘the brainwashed black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sho, and they raised the devil about the youth members going into the subways and sticking 'em up in place of them constipation ads and things—but do you know what they doing now?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Water—another good one! devil That was a good one... dud: Yes! Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I don’t care how tough the convict, be he brainwashed black Christian, or a ‘ ‘devil’ ’ white Christian, neither of them is ready to hear anybody saying Jesus wasn’t white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet the devil had something to do with it,” Roberto said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z This middle-aged, bored-acting devil who scanned it looked out from under his eyes at me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why the devil do I see these things five seconds after it’s all over? Mike, we’ve wasted hours.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “The black. She means the devil with people who say you’re anything but what you are.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Now, you know I’ve been working on keeping a sunny lookout on life, but I must speak to you about Violet, who is more devil than cow.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I got back into the robe he had given me, and he began sewing like the devil was breathing down his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her lips were curved, like the smile of a cat, and something got into me — maybe ’twas the devil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Why, by all the devils and demons, did he tell the little one his real name? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I grew up, a curious woman, a woman of story ghosts and story devils, a woman prone to bad dreams and bad insomnia. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She said the devil would certainly take me to task for my sin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The devil just went into his head and twisted his thoughts around as he was walking toward the guy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Roaring down the road like the devil hisself is on their tail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “You’re not going to tell me to go to the devil, are you?” he asked. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Rachel passed a big platter of delicious deviled eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Toward the coast. We must hide among other people. That’s the only thing that can save us. Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the devil.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Faust, as portrayed by Goethe, was an intellectual who sold his soul to the devil for worldly knowledge, power and pleasure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was a little glad that he had called us boys and refrained from the word “devil.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Their flight was not until morning, but Dad said it was better to sleep on a bench than with the devil. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That shows you what the white devil thinks about the black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere in art and literature that we meet the devil or his minions, they are tempting and glozing and generally making themselves tricky. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Pop Pop says this rap stuff ain’t nothing but the devil’s music. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You don’t even know what the devil I’m talking about, do you?” he said, with an oddly nasty tone in his voice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I asked this of the dark boy who had said earlier, at the table, that the white man’s actions proved him to be a devil. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Some thought it was full of either trumpet- blowing angels or angry devils. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Very genially: “Ahhhh, brother, the white devil has taught you to hate yourself so much that you put hot lye in your hair to make it look more like his hair.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, this is the end of the road for devils like you. Out there in the ocean, even you rascals cannot survive.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My father says the summer heat in Florida is like the devil’s oven, and that’s about right. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘The little devil that he was,’ she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the roof I heard Mitch start banging the plywood walls, screaming, “Tabernacle! Come get me, devils!” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He has a tattoo of a devil’s head on his left forearm and a tattoo of a dagger on the back of his right hand between the thumb and forefinger. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the tray a devil eggs out to the dining room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And I looked “white devil” right back into their eyes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Joachim Lorenz. Witches, you say? Do you treat with the devil, then?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d been told that Americans were devils who would kill and torture them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is the work of the devil, I tell you,” Téllez murmured. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Delight in your love and the devil take doctor dear. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Abbouds did not believe in the devil, except the devilish spirit inside people doing bad things. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “War is the devil. It starts and it consumes and it grows and grows and grows.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute! I have it! Turning the note over is the point! S.Q., you devil!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The same stereo Big Ma called “the devil’s worldly jukebox” but asked Uncle D to put Mahalia Jackson and Shirley Caesar on. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They do not look like the devils Met Bong said they were. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That excited devil had a woman with him, hiding her face, so I knew she wasn’t his wife. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I once saw a man with devil horns surgically implanted in his head and tattoos all over his face. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “What the devil has she got to be furious about? It’s not her bit of china.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s off to the cinemas, our First Communion boys run to wallow in the filth spewed across the world by the devil’s henchmen in Hollywood. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The teenager who snuck off to a party and then tried to blame it on the devil. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We even got headbands with devil horns and matching pitchforks. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She told him, “The devil got you, boy—that stuff you on make you crazy. I don’t know you, and I don’t want you around here no more.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The first time I ever heard Malcolm X speak of Handler, whom he had recently met, he began, “I was talking with this devil—” and abruptly he cut himself off in obvious embarrassment. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why the devil did you have to spit at the L-tube?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “My point is that we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And none seem to hold off these devils who wish to belabor us with their tethers and paddles and speeches on the rights of man. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Are you kidding? Tina's a monster. She's what would happen if the devil married the wicked witch, and they rolled their baby in a bowl of chopped evil." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His mother squeezed his hand each time the chief called us devils or screamed at us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They associated red with the devil and works of evil; therefore, anyone who wore that color must be guilty of evildoing. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I go only at night when all is plainer: plain-lit shapes inside, his face and radio ringed with bright devil halos in kerosene-lantern light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sex—top marks! devil Now make it more personal... a bit more fulsome, please. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The venom-squirting ferocity of their attack gives rise to T. americana s local nickname: devil tree. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At suppertime he took his ax, felled a dandelion, opened a can of deviled ham, and had a light supper of ham and dandelion milk. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I said, giving him the devil’s sign, which made Henry laugh. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Odd sterling servers are popular, for spooning out deviled eggs, removing pimentos from olives, cracking quail legs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Where the devil wen the royal hounds to be kept? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she insisted that the devil had taken the form of a hoop snake with its tail in its mouth, and had rolled after her down the mountain, hissing that it would claim her soul. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Although once Penelope could have sworn she heard someone say, “And where are these famous savages, I wonder? Locked in cages no doubt! Anybody seen Ashton? Where the devil can he be?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Was that Grace Poole? and is she possessed with a devil?” thought I. Impossible now to remain longer by myself: I must go to Mrs. Fairfax. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was also said that they had a pact with the devil, and that they kidnapped children and, taking them away to their mysterious camps, made them their slaves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is much trickier to deal with a demon of the Middle Kingdom than an American devil, because you always know that the American devil means you harm. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer human, they shared the skin of animals, and their faces resembled the beasts of hell—twisted devil birds and demons howling in anguish. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I shouted: “Shut up about the devil, Rondell! It was me! I killed my brother!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You broke it? Well, why the devil didn’t you say so when Frith was here?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, he explained, the devil came right up into his head, at the weirdest times, made him do things he’d never think of on his own. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It’s true, mijo,” Mamá said, “but some people are blinded by the devil. He plants evil seeds in their hearts.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t going to invoke the devil’s name in my own yard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You poor devil,” said John Thornton, and Buck licked his hand. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z "Stop it, Anu! Take these deviled eggs out to the living room right now. Darnell is waiting there all by himself." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the devil cat of the Ozarks, the mountain lion. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Alhaji, who stammered with terror, tried to say something, but the chief kicked the side of the stool that he sat on and proclaimed, “I do not want to hear any word from a devil.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This devil might seem powerful, but finally I had a power stronger than his. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When God bragged about how faithful Job was, said Elijah Muhammad, the devil said only God’s hedge around Job kept Job so faithful. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that if it hadn’t been for their loyalty and unselfish courage I would have probably been killed by the slashing claws of the devil cat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should be dressed like the devil in honor of that guy.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z While Katie was putting up the lace curtains, Mary Rommely came over and sprinkled the rooms with holy water to drive out any devils that might be lurking in the corners. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, we do have a daughter, and a wicked one she is! Wicked like her father! She ran away this morning, the wicked devil!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And I was getting a devil that made me want to contradict whatever Titid would say. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sundog’s a mean devil sometimes. He busted his rope and went right through a gate.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “What the devil they want that for?” she wondered. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The southern white man was spat from the loins of the devil and there was no way to forecast his next evil act. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At the base of the devil tree, exposing its roots, was a deserted animal burrow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The devil does not ride us any more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We run like the devil from the Border Patrol shouting shouting. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z How the devil did he get on to that?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We’d have hot chocolate by the fire, and slabs of devil’s food cake. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I don’t want to go to hell with devils chasing me for eternity jabbing me with hot pitchforks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But Dad was too busy making deviled- ham sandwiches to launch an investigation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Wherever it was, I would be driven there—“because, when we invite someone here,” he said, “we take the responsibility of protecting him from the white devils until he gets wherever it is he’s going.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “But who knew he was the devil himself?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you mean about demons. In my world demon means...it means devil, something evil.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Say it three times and your home will be safe from devils and any kind of danger. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And this was a shame, for Samuel was a laughing man, but I guess Samuel was wide open to the devil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “When you were very sick in Corcoran, Papá, I saw the devil in the glass of water you kept next to your bed.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z James does not feel like he was possessed by the devil. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When she was a child she had deviled for a while at the Maycomb Tribune office and had witnessed several altercations, including the last, between Mrs. E.C.B. and Mr. Underwood. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You would think the devil would have more important things to do than take a Subaru for a joyride on a Saturday night.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “They are the devil’s instrument to draw impressionable young minds to perdition.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Must be frightful for the poor devils who can’t get away.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She said, “If it rains when the sun is out, it means that the devil’s beating his wife.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I hear word,” he said, “that a few miles up that way, they lost some Ethiopian devils.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Clarissa said when the end drew near, the devil would walk the earth.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I have no idea—what the devil are you—snakes and—I haven’t time for your childish—,” he sputtered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But when I told Mom and Dad about our costumes, they said there was no way I could go trick-or-treating dressed as the devil. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They fought the devil, no holds barred, boots and eye-gouging permitted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “And what does the devil want in return?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What the devil was he doing here if, as Fela argued later, she was working only with good spirits? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z People just do things and blame the devil after. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It feels like I'm making a deal with the devil. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a hazy red glow to the air, enough that Alec looked like a creeping devil in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “The devil is in it if you cannot answer distinctly. I again demand, what have you to say?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His extraordinary skills on the violin led many to suspect he had struck a deal with the devil. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Near three thousand of the devils. Wish we could have shot them all.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The Little Devil: “The little devil only dances and jumps when he’s agitated.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I reported this to Malcolm X, who snorted, “He must think I’m nuts! What am I going to look like going speaking with a devil!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They would quit interviewing, quit their work, trying to defend their personal white devil selves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I might not ever run on my own two feet, but I could put four under me, then ride to beat the devil in a foot race. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z For me, my “X” replaced the white slavemaster name of “Little” which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed upon my paternal forebears. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know what I think? I don’t think I’m half as mean as you are under that nice skin. I think you’re a devil.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fosdick considered that his foundation had been hoodwinked into a deal with the devil. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was sure Mother would have told every brother, cousin, aunt and uncle the story she had told Erin: that I was possessed, dangerous, taken by the devil. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I do not question your right to charge someone with witchcraft, it is so in custom. But you are fools, fools for drinking the devil’s whiskey!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Aye, tomorrow it'll be clear. But don't ye stray from the causeway. After a night like tonight, with devils' pools and the cross-eyed currents, the sand will be hungry indeed." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes the heat is of ten thousand devils. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Impudent strumpet, impudent strumpet. The devil Luxury with his fat rump and potato finger ...” “John.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “The devil he did! Did he give his name?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "Yes—you win! It's Armstrong all right. But where the devil did he hide himself? We went over the place with a fine-tooth comb." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But if the devil is truly within you, why would he click or call? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z What shade of black African polluted by devil white man are you? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight was ugly enough to frighten the devil himself. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “What the devil would you do in Orgoreyn? What would you live on, eh?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t think of anything better for the last E. Next to it, I draw a devil face with long, stick-straight hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z ‘All I hope is that those murdering devils do not come to this House and trouble the sick.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When Moses arrived, the first of these devils to accept his teachings, the first he led out, were those we call today the Jews. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going out there now and see what Rule 1 will do. If it won’t break the balance, then what the devil—it’s either now or three-four days from now.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And here we all are, five centuries later, masked just like Taius the First, waiting for the old devils line to fail so one of us can become the shiny new Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One of the many stories Nana used to tell us about High John was how he fell in love with the devil’s daughter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Had their mother really thought the bear was the devil on earth? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “But nothing. If Madam sees you idling and jawing out there, there’ll be the devil to pay.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear before God Almighty,” Téllez’ voice cracked with the tremble of fear in it, “that there are things that have happened to my family that are directed by the devil himself!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “My...my momma said I was the devil’s child,” she says quietly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I s’pose you were stuck twixt the devil and the deep blue sea, child. You done your best, but we got us some real trouble now.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside it were leftovers from somebody’s lunch: a deviled ham sandwich, a piece of Swiss cheese, part of a hard-boiled egg, and the core of a wormy apple. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z In his spare time, Louie crashed society weddings, worked as a movie extra, and harassed his housemates with practical jokes, replacing their deviled ham with cat food and milk with milk of magnesia. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But tonight, the Gladers ate like dead men resurrected for one last meal before being sent to live with the devil. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “The devil uses his Masonry to rule other people.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the prison’s inmates seemed bad through and through, the devil born in them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z No one in his right mind would confront the cohorts of the devil! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z James would roll his eyes that comical way he had and say, Alfred, my man, if she's a devil's agent I'm gonna go right down and apply for a . The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, we were three devils and an angel. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mostly from evangelical Christian sites, which have bought Nathan’s devil claims wholesale. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z They act as if I'm some sort of devil child because I don’t like to go to church and would rather read books than socialize with them. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They began to cherish their husbands and wives, protect their children, repair their homes and in general band together against the devil in their midst. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Why the devil did he cheat me?” he demanded in his high strident voice, and for the first time looked straight at me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “There was six of ’em, Chief, they tried surrounding me, but I fought like a devil! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “My God! what has happened to him? Poor, poor devil!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She never sleeps faceup because she believes the devil will take her soul. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Has the devil built a tent in my house?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z What kind of devil helps someone pick rocks? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Bunch of stupid girls messing with me all the time. I couldn’t throw a solid punch, but I could sure swing my arms like the Tasmanian devil.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z No evil can challenge that cross, and the swirling dust with the devil inside must turn away from you. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cook was the devil, though. So he said, ‘O King, all I want is to kiss your shoulders.’ Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z ‘Deliver us from weasels! The devil is dancing on my dibbler!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You also let the devil crawl all over your brain,” I shot back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z If anything, they’re suspicious that the devil’s taken a day off. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Has the devil asked you all to go on errands for him?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And in this way finally he would achieve the intended bleached-out white, race of devils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gaze followed him, devil bright, determined to take him with her to whatever afterlife her cult promised. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Dustfinger stuck them on that sharp-toothed little devil of his. For his performances.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "The bathroom curtain? What the devil do you mean, Rogers?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “It was pleasant, in a way, to know that outside their windows, the devil was still capering in a flare of brimstone.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I never hear the other kind, so Mom got me that devil disguised as a clock.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Right after you left, she knocked the devil out of a field hand who was runnin’ you down.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z What a wonderful idea—take my hat off to you! devil Thank you. dud: Trees—terrific! Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z And that man would know too; he’s the devil’s messenger. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He hadn’t wanted that: some inner devil persuaded him that he had not yet reached his destination. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z More and more, Ralph became for them a funny set of ears that came up sometimes, a lesson about falling for foreign devils. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Now you be me, Lucifer, the loveliest angel of them all. dud: What do I do? devil Well, sort of dance around praising me, mainly. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When I first made varsity, one of the upperclassmen put it like this: Coach Ellerly blows a whistle like the devil calling souls down to hell. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who the devil is that?” he growled into the receiver while he rubbed his aching toe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I dare not look into his eyes, for I have been told that when you look into their eyes, you can see the devil himself. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had known, even before reading the message, that my mother shared my father’s dark vision, that she believed the devil had a hold of me, that I was dangerous. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Strange things began to happen that made Holmes’s claims about being the devil seem almost plausible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Across the river where lonely farms dotted the hills, whirlwinds and dust devils darkened the horizon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Students are encouraged to consider social problems and responses to ‘practical’ dilemmas in a modern world through which angels and devils no longer dance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to use a strong hand on these poor devils—that’s the only language they understand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Dan had voiced his challenge to the devil cat There was a low cough and a deep growl from the lion. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Without taking his eyes from her, he twitches a little at the knee, then the shoulder, where a fly devils him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was born with the devil in me,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Where the devil is Rochester?” cried Colonel Dent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It had an angry mouth and devil eyes. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “Why you don’t like white people? Why you call them devils?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And yet from some devil’s world that billowing black sail had appeared. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I am not the devil, but I could be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “The devil, Mexico. He came up in your head, like he do with me sometimes. He who made you kill your brother.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Drunks and devils are also men,” Samuel countered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind had risen and was whipping up the snow in frozen imitations of dust devils, but the night sky was clear and black, with thousands of stars spread in unfamiliar constellations overhead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "It takes an evil nose to smell the devil." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z La Bruja downstairs she thought of as the devil—her being below them made sense. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Fools and drunks and the devil,” he mumbled. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mhenka is perhaps the most powerful of all, but there are reasons they call it “devil root.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For all I knew, we were being driven to Hell and our father was the delivering devil. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother could have been discussing the devil himself for all it mattered. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Which of them had lied more, and what the devil were they lying for? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But at that time, I felt that the real reason was that the white man knew that he was the devil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z How the devil did these humans know that? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They got under way slicing ham, laying out fried chicken, shaking paprika on the deviled eggs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m having a devil of a time setting up extra circuits in the laundry.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to explain this in subsequent speeches: “Unless we call one white man, by name, a ‘devil,’ we are not speaking of any individual white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The captains, hoping to curry favor with Cluny, harangued the hapless runners: “Pick your feet up, you lily-livered scum! Come on, lift that ram properly, you idle devils.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Racists need devils, or they need gods, and often they need both. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Have you been to the land of devils?” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know that it’s a good idea for you to go over there. Riches and idleness, devil’s tools, and you’ve not a very sturdy resistance.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "You're enough to give the devil himself fits! Haven't I so muddled their brains they want to turn you loose? And you reward me with a royal squawk!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “What I do is not the devil’s work.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Or maybe he was back in his devil’s den, making a note in his log of evil deeds: first day of summer, trapped Virgil Salinas in a well. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “For the interstellar jump. It may be coming and the devil knows what it’s like.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “What the devil is be so mad about?” he asked Yossarian. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Malcolm X was still stiffly addressing me as “Sir!” and my notebook contained almost nothing but Black Muslim philosophy, praise of Mr. Muhammad, and the “evils” of “the white devil. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at me strangely and asked her sister wives, “Has the spotted devil child been sick too?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to scatter devil papers,” Lee said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Prince said, “The devil! That means we’ll have to lighter the cargo.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The old devil said, “I pronounce you man and wife,” and then, “Kiss your bride.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind swirled like a dust devil, conflicting memories chasing each other in circles. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I wouldn’t waste any time to start opening their eyes about the devil white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the whole village saw witches and devils everywhere, and fear lived in every cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When this devil race had spent two thousand years in the caves, Allah raised up Moses to civilize them, and bring them out of the caves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat dripping down his face, covered in soot foot to crown, blacker than an African devil. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He might have been taken for one of the shadows, or for some spectral figure—Death, or the devil—come to claim one of us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Or it’s a commerce of imagined dreads, the Bethlehem housewives somehow convinced that a distant, black Communist devil will cost them some quarter in their color-matched living rooms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Root was a notorious bon vivant, whom Louis Sullivan once described as “a man of the world, of the flesh, and considerably of the devil.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If there is a devil, this is what he sounds like. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The aircraft’s final pass pulled all the litter of their lunch out into the field, brown crusts and brown paper fluttering in the blue smoke like the devil’s confetti. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Resist the devil and keep your hands to yourself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The reverend says I must have wrestled with the devil. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z "This TV is the devil incarnate," she said in a loud voice. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She doesn’t have devil horns growing out of her curly hair. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The well-known remark of William Blake that our great laureate of the War in Heaven, John Milton, was “of the devil’s party without knowing it” is testament to this. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Those eastern garments must be the devil to manage,” said Colonel Julyan, “and yet they say, you know, they are far more comfortable and far cooler than anything you ladies wear in England.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They seemed accustomed to the devil’s beating on the roof. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They hear “México,” and they think: bad, devil, I don’t know. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He told me that all whites knew they were devils—“especially Masons.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the door opens, and Kalinda stands on her porch above me like she wants to know who in the world could possibly be shouting like the devil. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She demanded, “He shall not die in that chamber. Philosophers require a whole retinue of devils for their removal from this world. They are the grandees of the infernal kingdom.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And what do they think and how did they get that way and will they ever change and how the devil did I get caught in this rotten majority? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z No breaking ranks, no rushing the boats, no first come first served, no devil take the hindmost. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was just starting to feel grateful that he was here when he booked out of here like the devil was chasing him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The articles and posts in the comments sections are legion—all from people who see the devil’s work in everything. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t say for sure. Maybe east or west; maybe north or south. It was hard to tell. He said mostly she was sort of spinning around like a dust devil.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Where are your pincers, Master Dunstan? Will you catch the devil by the nose?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “And what the devil is that bandage doing on your leg? Are you mad or something?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m playing devil’s advocate, is all. I don’t want you to get hurt. Or anyone else, either.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Elijah Muhammad further teaches that the white devil race in Europe’s caves was savage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The people referred to had certainly made me feel exasperated and useless, but I did not think of them as devils. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, the village where the devils and demons live. Believe me, they’ll kill a boy like you and eat you for breakfast. They’ll enjoy their coffee all the more afterward.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Much to the chagrin of some of the servants and to the consternation of Emma’s sister Elizabeth, the children even used bad language such as “the devil take” or “I wish to God.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I am praying to the Lord and the devil on the side that Mister Johnny doesn’t come home before then. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “The white man sure is a devil. He proves that by his own actions.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “I may as well surrender my kids to the devil himself,” he said, “as send them down the road to that school.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Marcus picks a devil headband from the top and holds it up for inspection. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They’d sing about far-off places and about days gone by, about silly things like peach cobbler and the devil trying to steal their soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The white man knows that his acts have been those of a devil!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Every letter written,” said a medieval abbot, "is a wound inflicted on the devil.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulder had begun to throb and smart from the goldsmith’s touch, like a sleeping devil roused to angry wakefulness, but the greatest pain was in his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The devil’s daughter, in love with the man, gave High John a magic ax and plow to complete the task. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I must have been possessed by the devil!” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z If Caroline had been relegated to the devil, she probably would have tamed him as well. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “How the devil can I believe anything you say!” he burst out. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z This God had let Elijah know, Reginald said, that the devil’s “time was up.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the furniture in the solar was not like that The devil's heads were there and the linen-fold panelling, but the wood was six or seven or eight centuries younger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But finally the original black people recognized that their sudden troubles stemmed from this devil white race that Mr. Yacub had made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In I went, pushing the door back so the hinges cried out, devils, their thumbs crushed, their pointed noses tweezed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His black eyes accost me as if I am the devil made flesh He wears a severe black satin doublet and hose. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At Moat Cailin the bog devils had loosed poisoned arrows at his men, but that was to be expected from such degraded creatures. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Where the devil have you come by that sort of information?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The devil of it was that none of his regular teachers ever liked his drawings. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The little dust devil flattened into a trail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “He threw me off before. He wanted the devil run out of him, so I obliged him.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “A girl should not be idle, for then the devil may do his work in you,” my father said to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’m sure Mrs. Wojcik has no idea she’s just been told to go to the devil in Yiddish, but from the look on her face, I think my sentiment is clear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I better put this away and not try the devil twice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered thinking at the time: that poor devil is done for. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He would take the mirror and tell us what his mother had told him, that the devil shone mirrors too, shone them to distract Muslims during prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Papa was like a Fulani nomad —although he did not have their spare, tall body—as he swung his belt at Mama, Jaja, and me, muttering that the devil would not win. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “There is a devil in this pearl. You should have sold it and passed on the devil. Perhaps you can still sell it and buy peace for yourself.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The weird thing was: a middle-aged couple was standing in the buffet line right behind the devil dog, patiently waiting their turn for the eggs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It told the story of some poor devil who had come there, closed himself in the cubicle and eaten his meal of half a loaf. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you want to see some real devils then all you have to do is stay here!” she hissed at the boy as she pushed her way past him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Where the devil is the portrait of your grandmother?” he lowered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They told people to give up their evil ways or follow the devil straight down the path to perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The cowlick on the side of his head sticks up in a nubby devil’s horn. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Terrible. Hospital food is running straight through me. I been up all night too, but I been calling on God and releasing the devil!” he howled out, his staticky voice popping in my ear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She began to think more about her mother’s devil, to imagine how the devil might have a hand here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Like dust devils, those evil ones passed quickly through my life. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I had a teacher who was more like the devil once, Tiago said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was unmoved by the sudden appearance of the most livid and undernourished monsters in her room, or by the knock of devils and vampires at her bedroom window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her furious oaths made Beetle truly fear she was a witch, for only someone who had truck with the devil could know such words. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We are speaking of the collective white man’s cruelties, and evils, and greeds, that have seen him act like a devil toward the non-white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt that people having a good time were wide open to the devil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why, Reynie! Speak of the devil, Mr. Benedict, here he is. Go on in, child, I must rush off.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z F to B was considered so unpleasant that it was given the names ‘the devil in music’ and the ‘wolf tone’, and disallowed from the list of perfect fourths. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Malcolm’s meteoric eruption on the national scene brought him into wider contact with white men who were not the “devils” he had thought they were. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kill the foreign white devils!” was the 1901 Chinese war cry in the Boxer Rebellion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him he should be using red because this was where the devil lived. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z At one o’clock in the morning, my little brother, who in my lonely days of inferno dwelling had protected me from goblins, gnomes, gremlins and the devils, was leaving home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I noticed that not six feet away from me a little boy was jumping up and down, screaming, “Foreign devil!” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I left the ax where it was, sunk to the eye in the back of the devil cat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This leads to great confusion in the kingdom of the devil, and this strife leaves many dead and injured, which is why children make the perfect soldiers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z One odd ambivalence was how some letters, otherwise all but championing Mr. Muhammad, would recoil at the expression “white devils.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have the amazing luck to have such a rich aunt and you run away from her as if the devil himself was after you. Your brains must be the size of a pea.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He eyed Victor from head to toe and slurred drunkenly, “Midget? I am Ernesto Barba-rossa. I am an important man in this city. And who the devil, if I may ask, are you?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When I asked why, she pointed to the blank space and said, “The devil was standing right there.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “The trouble with you Occidentals is that you don’t have devils to explain things with. Did you get drunk afterward?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What the devil are you doing down in the water?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Fear of what, the devil? What are you afraid of, Estraven?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Dud gives him a leg up onto a red London mailbox, and the Devil sets about painting a mental picture—the technique known as enargia. devil: I’m God. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “On one leg is a spiraling black snake with a 666 in its open mouth, and a devil’s tail is twisting around his other leg.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The devil stops beating his wife, but I beat the dashboard, punching it over and over, numb to the pain of it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Just about the most adorable thing you ever did see. dud: What went wrong, then? devil I’ll show you. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The trick-or-treat group was a milling mob of devils, witches, tramps and monsters. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Playing cards is the devil’s game,” I said. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “What the devil is this?” the redbeard roared when he saw the merry-go-round. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Putting on a little show for us, you devils?” one jeered. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “My soul to the devil he did so. He preached that Galahad had aye expelled the seven knights without a slaughter, and mentioned that the Holy Grail was nae for bloodshed.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z These dirty, devil things that would give the sweet Baby Jesus doll nightmares in his cradle? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But blaming the devil is not the answer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “It was often a case of a lone man against a pack of cunning devils.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “See how the devil speaks through you,” the cross-eyed evangelist gloated. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the teachings of Mr. Elijah Muhammad, Mr. Yacub, except in his mind, never saw the bleached-out devil race that his procedures and laws and rules created. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was trying hard to pull the devil cat’s fangs from the throat of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not control the little devil sitting on my left shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Then it’s my turn To run around As my big brother, With a haircut like devil horns, Chases me with a firecracker. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, in a similar tone, “The devil is a liar. He wants to start blocking our blessing, he will not succeed,” when Ifemelu's father lost his job at the federal agency. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When one was ripe—and I could tell—then away from the rest, I’d drop it on him, what Mr. Muhammad taught: “The white man is the devil.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z People who once were friends of the devil. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to be the work of the devil. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The sly old devil was definitely up to something, he was certain of it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The investigator insisted that the devil had been in control of the government when it negotiated the oil-rights agreement with the tribe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There were still people in this town who would stop Toby and comment on the way his grandfather could sing and play—like an angel or a devil, depending. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Their footsteps and the occasional breeze were stirring up small devils of dust. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Whoever it is, we’ll teach him not to start fires in the devil’s own domain—we’ll teach him a lesson, right here and now!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Raising his small red head high in the air, he bawled his challenge to the devil cat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands were high above her head, swaying in the air, and she was singing with the rest: Dr it e the devil from my sou/ . A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “No. There was no devil inside of Nathan. There is no devil inside of this girl. There is only me.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was still the south, and the devil had long nimble fingers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was, in fact, going to have a drink with several white devils on the other side of town. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest! Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum. Drink and devil had done the rest. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “We as a society have been leaving the door wide open. Why wouldn’t the devil walk right in?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Certainly I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; on the contrary, I admire them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s just gone off—devil may care—and broken his mother's heart.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He leads Dudley by the nose. devil It was pride that got me into this. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She wished she believed in the devil, in a being outside of yourself that invaded your mind and caused you to destroy that which you cared about. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “That devil is up to evil, I must warn la Grande!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course not. I wear it. Sometimes. Right now, it’s in the garden, on the scarecrow. Scares the devil out of the crows, too, apparently.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “You children have become little devils, but you came to the wrong village.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sound recordings were made of Mr. Muhammad and some ministers, including me, teaching black audiences the truths about the brainwashed black man and the devil white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes a drag, passes it to the woman on her left, who’s in red spangles with a long pointed tail attached, and silver horns; a devil outfit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They called themselves the RUF, but their victims combined the English words rebel and devil, and called them debils. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins lay hidden behind the tribe and the anonymous devils' faces swarmed across the neck. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “These are textbook examples. The devil is nothing if not predictable.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As Raskolnikov once said: “When reason fails, the devil helps!” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Now is when the crafty old devil is finally going to perform for us the miracle of dropping dead! The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, throughout history, people who acted strange had been accused of being inhabited by the devil or a demon. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It was written that some of the original black people should be brought as slaves to North America—to leam to better understand, at first hand, the white devil’s true nature, in modem times. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “But still, they that lets the devil in cannot count themselves blameless.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I said I would go with him, just to devil him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He said passionately: “Lady or damsel, what that thou be, in an evil time bare ye a bow; the devil made you a shooter!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We were offered, as Nation of Islam doctrine, historical and divine proof that all white people are cursed, and are devils, and are about to be brought down. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z DUD: What sort of things do I say? devil: Anything that comes into your head that’s nice—how beautiful I am, how wise I am, how handsome... that sort of thing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “The devil came in your head like he doin’ right now. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “And I’m sorry I did, you stinking devil of a villain.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They come from nowhere, made by the heat of hell, they carry with them the evil spirit of a devil, they lift sand and papers in their path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “That devil’s not going to print that, I don’t care what he says! ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But very little time was spent on theology, for one did not need to prove to a Harlem audience that all white men were devils. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Hell’s teeth, fox. Where’s Fangburn? What the devil do you mean slinking off like that? Get up on your feet and answer me.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “What the devil do you mean?” he said, staring at me, laying down his spoon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In Rome the advocatus diaboli, or devil’s advocate, had been established as early as 1587 to test the evidence adduced in support of the miracles claimed for those proposed for canonization. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You understand that the thing you love more than this world grew from a devil’s seed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z May she go to the devil with her chattering talk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He thanked the Lord for nearly everything under the sun, including the deviled eggs on the plate in front of him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z 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. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Where in the devil did all that come from? You had a hand in this, didn’t you?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I have mentioned, too, the general reluctance to exchange the devil you know for one that you don’t know, even when the latter is tempting you with a better wage-benefit package. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he thought it would fend off his imaginary devil problems. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z By the devil and his pestilences, what was going on now? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, neither would I have replied to anyone writing me something as wild as “the white man is the devil.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood quietly, listening to the devil’s bombardment that held us with such terror that we could not move. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I interpreted this to show that the Europeans were motivated and led by the devil, or the personification of the devil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Successful persuasion depends on an audience’s being able to identify with the speaker—and we are much more often like the devil than we are like the Almighty. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “In that case,” Emma said, “run like the devil’s after you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Hey,” I say to Tom as we head to football practice, “did you hear about that kid in Monroeville who says he was possessed by the devil?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I was possessed by the devil, too,” another guy says. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And then away for home! away to the quickest and nearest train! away from this cursed spot, from this cursed land, where the devil and his children still walk with earthly feet! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Achillini’s brilliance and the transgressive character of his thought were summarized in a popular saying: ‘It is either the devil or Achillini.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I saw a sign with a picture of a head with a little devil sitting in the brain, inside the skull, with these like energy bolts coming out of his mouth. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean against the door, watching the stranger like he’s a devil I’ve just locked myself in with. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was written that this devil white race would rule the world for six thousand years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma told us not to listen to her artichoke of a son and to take those grains of salt and throw them right over our left shoulders to blind the devil. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “It’s the devil,” Rondell said, nodding his head and squeezing my shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The white man has created a devil, to bring chaos upon this earth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen the devil Tenorio murder Narciso, and now there was no telling what he might do to avenge his daughter’s death. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, when I won, the devil left me by the side of the road.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The devil, kicked out of Paradise, was trying to regain possession. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Auster held up his fingers and let a dust devil swirl between them like a baton. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The new preacher, a wheedling little man who talked through his nose, twittered from the pulpit about the evils of “corporate greed” and men “who did the devil’s bidding.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Aw, the devil,” the woman sighs and takes advantage of the pause to light a cigarette. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He told Joey it was a Prohibition concoction from the devil’s own still. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z That man gave me a creepy feeling, exactly the same as the one I’d felt in the presence of the devil in the old days, fooling with my hands at night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was both, angel and devil, like the rest of us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What — the — devil—are — you — doing?” said Uncle Vernon through gritted teeth, his face horribly close to Harry’s. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “The devil is using you. You have to pray about this. Do not judge. Leave the judging to God!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A reassuring thought as Frank hunted poisonous fire- breathing devil snakes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In order to win her hand, the devil told him he had to clear an enormous field, plant corn, then harvest it, all in one day. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He never felt anything thinking about God, but just the idea of the devil excited him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it’s almost like the devil takes over her body. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Up in heaven. dud: Oh yeah—you used to be God’s favorite, didn’t you? devil. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z There was drawing of me crying over Khalil, and I had devil horns. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Oh God, it was bad news if the devil was refusing to take a bribe. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A rabbit got them. He must think the stems are delicious. The little devil.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Come,” he said, “come, we must see and act. Devils or no devils, or all the devils at once, it matters not; we fight him all the same.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Mr. Turner can be downright unkind. Old man gargles with the devil’s mouthwash, you ask me.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She considered modern female undergarments indecent and if not precisely “of the devil,” certainly in that vicinity. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This bombardment is too much for the poor devils, they have been sent straight from a recruiting-depot into a barrage that is enough to turn an old soldier’s hair grey. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to throw my body under his, so he could protect me from the devil. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Thinking maybe Albany was unnecessarily equating me with the devil, I sent a signed copy to the commissioner of corrections, which he acknowledged with a curt note; I never' heard from him again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Capricorn's village. Or the devil’s village, if you prefer.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ay, those poor children had met the very devil himself or the earth had opened in their path and swallowed them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Time and again she’s been seen consorting with the devil down in that meadow!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And now the strong, black devil was blotting out the sun and getting ready to split open the world. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The voices questioning me became to me as breathing, living devils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Means when someone brings in the devil when they supposed to just be talkin’ ’bout spiders.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s been a particularly hot past few months here in Louisiana, but today it feels like the devil came up out of his grave. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z David was a devil like me, at least that’s what Uncle liked to say. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Rachel had already flown away with her devil saviour, and I was nailed down in Bulungu, since my body was still sunk so deep in poison it couldn’t bear up to many more mosquito bites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Slopes rose precipitously from the water’s edge, bearded in a gloom of hemlock and cedar and devil’s club. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Even the devil wears clean underpants,” she said, pointing the threatening tip of the hot iron at my skimpy towel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “That and her reading. Only a devil child can read when so young. She has brought nothing but bad luck to this family. It is time to be rid of her.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It made for slow going, and all the ironbom were well aware of how exposed they were, well within bowshot of the bog devils and their poisoned arrows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not a brigand or a devil. I’m a Benedictine brother. A monk.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Many wonderful and incredible things were reported about him; he had performed wonders, had conquered the devil, had spoken with the gods. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Cars and trucks and buses—all hurtled over that bridge as if the devil himself was chasing them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he’s playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There, it was said, they conducted the Black Mass in honor of the devil, and the devil appeared and danced with them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We cast the traditional seven stones at the devil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Before Mr. Curtain could ask what the devil he was doing, Reynie said aloud, as if to himself, “Okay, so it isn’t laughter.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Why I felt that impulse to devil him I do not know. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Ron takes the devil horns from him and drops them back in the box. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had been sitting on the wagon seat, taken from a ’23 Chrysler that wrecked near Paraje, and after all those years the springs poked through the faded mouse-fur fabric like devil claws. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I had just finished deviling eggs in the upstairs kitchen. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “A clever mind is a friend of the devil,” he says, which I think is his way of saying I’m right. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She threw it back in and muttered, “God take power from the devil.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z When it rains like that while the sun’s out, Nana says the devil is beating his wife. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “God take power from the devil,” she muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At the edge of the cornfield, there was a swirling dust devil. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Here we have religion and robbery the allies of each other—devils dressed in angels’ robes, and hell presenting the semblance of paradise. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the devil's house!” said the bearded man with a mocking bow before opening the heavy door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She’s got this smile, sly as the devil himself, stretched across her face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Remove that protective hedge,” the devil told God, “and I will make Job curse you to your face. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Speak of the devil. She never bloody stops.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “What. . . what are you saying, Ladybird? It’s like you are the devil in disguise.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was insane, the devil incarnate, as bad as it got. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Secondly, that you are guilty of actions and works which infer a court with the devil, which have caused illness and death to fall upon many innocent children in this town.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They say that if you mention the devil's name, he is likely to appear. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they hit without warning, and other times you knew one was coming when you saw batches of dust devils swirling and dancing their way across the desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Barbarossa stared at Scipio as if he d just been introduced to the devil himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z |
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