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Recent Examples of devilry That’s enough devilry to explain at least much of Haiti’s challenges without resorting to tales of satanic influence. Matthew Brown, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024 Shyamalan, to be fair, has lost none of his compositional devilry; notice his bisecting of the screen with clean vertical lines—the trunk of a tree, or the edge of a shower curtain, behind which somebody may or may not lurk. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2023 Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure? Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2021 Suddenly, modernists were jockeying to impose some glass-and-steel devilry atop the old dame. Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021 Before long, the angry and injured young wife is the one on trial for witchcraft — fighting for her life as the apparent evidence of devilry accrues. BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2021 Aboard the ship, mysterious devilry begins to take place and a demon is suspected to be behind it. Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, 8 Oct. 2020 The mildly disastrous consequences of Eddie’s devilry predictably set up the big moment at the end of the show in which Ward or June Cleaver would distill an important Life Lesson from the experience. Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 19 May 2020 These winged insects pollinate plants, inspire funny memes, and rule the night like fluttery little kings, felled only by the devilry of porch lights masquerading as the moon. Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 23 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devilry
Noun
  • Trick-or-treating did attract the youngest, but older kids continued making mischief.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
  • There are all these shots of them making mischief on the train from New York to Washington.
    Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The neo-Pagan and Satanist has been practicing Eclectic witchcraft, an omnivorous tradition that blends numerous magical and spiritual approaches, for over a decade.
    Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
  • This silent faux-documentary chronicles the sociological phenomenon of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the modern age.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • However, the Nets‘ shorthanded sorcery was nullified in Friday’s 123-100 loss to the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • When tragedies happen in Papua New Guinea, accusations of sorcery often follow — bringing violence in their wake.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Continuing to work his magic, the artist has created over 100 coveted NFT artworks of global icons such as Jane Goodall, Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Salvador Dali and others, including his whimsical collection of Toy Rooms and Toy Birds, which carry (and evoke) similar emotions of nostalgia.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Arizona Republic With a little holiday magic, children will have numerous chances to see Santa Claus in metro Phoenix before Christmas Day.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The brothers knew better than anyone that every story of enchantment is also a story of disenchantment, and their lifelong cause was no exception.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The year 2024 marks 95 years of holiday enchantment at the Fairmont Royal York.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024

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“Devilry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devilry. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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