How to Use the Devil in a Sentence

the Devil

noun
  • Why can’t the Devil leave nice rock stars alone?
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Georges Méliès was no stranger to the Devil.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Who met the Devil at the crossroads?
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The crossroads legend is one of many stories linking blues to the Devil.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • His name was Memnoch, though most of us know him as Satan or the Devil.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • There are sounds and shadows in the forest; the Devil, or devils, may be walking the earth.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This was a good year for horror movies, and Late Night with the Devil was one of my favorites.
    — Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So the Devil orders the father to cut off his daughter’s offending hands.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • The Pads are playing poker and standing pat with the Devil’s Hand.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Even for cartoon cats, temptation remains the Devil’s best weapon.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Vaquer took over from there, hitting the Devil’s Kiss on Stratton.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But The Fox and the Devil proved to be a new journey entirely, the author shares.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019).
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Fans at the shows are undoubtedly going to hold their partners tight and howl along when Amigo the Devil plays it.
    — Jon Freeman, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Ahead, see all the looks from the Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in New York.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Myths abound that this is further evidence that the Devil was, in part, responsible for the book’s creation.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Lady Gaga in the Devil Wears Prada sequel?
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But in a further deception orchestrated by the Devil, the king’s mother is ordered to kill the queen and her child.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Williams is the former drummer of the metalcore band the Devil Wears Prada.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • Jimmy refers to the Devil, his alleged father, by the more casual moniker Old Nick.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
  • There are some obvious resemblances between the Devil Dogs and the Goons.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
  • The last film Lumet made before his death in 2011, Before the Devil is arguably his best.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Late Night with the Devil, his greatest inspiration came from a place that brought him right back to his Dark Knight days.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2024
  • This could be the best-looking The Conjuring film since the very first one, and the Devil really is in the details.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • From each character’s point of view, the Black Rabbit serves as a crossroads where many deals with the Devil are possible.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The route will connect the Falls with the Whirlpool, Whirlpool Rapids, and the Devil’s Hole Rapids.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Red is the signature color of the Devil Wears Prada film franchise, and many of its stars have worn the shade throughout the press run.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Emily Bennett, Justin Brooks) Boorman and the Devil (dir.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The only two trails still closed to the public are the Butterfield Trail and the Devil's Den Trail.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Conti would see his most extensive playing time in the majors with the Devil Rays in 2002.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025

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