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devil - use in sentences
Adjective modifier
- cunning: There are cunning devils out there that are constantly coming up with new ways to invade your privacy.
Converse of object
- resist: James said: ' Submit yourselves unto God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you ' .
- defeat: Nothing defeats the devil faster than ignoring what he's trying to stir up.
Converse of subject
- tempt: After Jesus ' Baptism he was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
Adjective modifier
- Tasmanian: The Tasmanian devil looks a small cuddly black dog from a distance.
- handsome: Oh, I know, I'm a handsome devil.
- poor: He, poor devil, has frequently no choice.
- lucky: Two weeks in Marbella, eh, you lucky devil.
Modifies a noun
- worshipper: There are other types of devil worshipper, the death metal types, who haven't really thought about the concepts involved at all!
- horn: Also acknowledges the small devil horns and will also one of his.
- worship: The Knights Templar did become very powerful and were destroyed by Philip the lV on a charge of devil worship.
- stick: Longer sessions include further skills such as devil sticks and diabolos and allow more time to master the skills.
Noun used with modifier
- spit: We had a cat many years ago in Baton Rouge that was " playing " with a spit devil like cats play with lizards.
- dust: A dust devil twists in the distance along the horizon.
Possessives
- scabious: Some such as fairy flax, devil's bit scabious and sneezewort are due to seed introductions.
- advocate: Just playing devil's advocate to raise a bit of honest debate.
- claw: Devil's claw A stretching screw with two heavy books or claws.
- bargain: Companies like BAT offer the ultimate devil's bargain.
Preposition: with
- horn: Men dream of a devil with horns and hoofs, an obscene monster who tempts the depraved to acts of atrocity or shame.
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