Yer father was a great man as weel's a great soger, Francie, and a deevil to fecht, as his men said.
Noo by rin he maun hae meaned rin up, for a body's no to rin frae the deevil but resist him; and what is't that hauds onybody frae rinnin up the air but his feet?
The Deevilhad thrown owre me and the hail menyie the charm o' his cantraps.
To be plain, yer Highness, I do on my saul believe he was the Deevil himsel!
What deevil could he hae to say to Jeanie Deans, or to ony woman on earth, that he suld gang awa and get his neck raxed for her?
I kept winking and nodding a' the time, and the donnert [*Stupid] deevil wad never ance look my way!
Od, he was the man for sorting them, and the queerest rough-spoken deevil too that ever ye heard!
I kept winking and nodding a' the time, and the donnert deevil wad never ance look my way!
Ou, what the deevil am I come here for, man, but just ance errand to see about it?
A deevil couldna flee wi' the weight o' cauld lead he carries under his wing.
Her words still rung in my ears, and I was as determined as the very deevil to show her that her efforts to increase my love were perfectly effectual.
Noo, wha the deevil can we hae here at sic an unearthly oor o' nicht?
Wha the deevil could hae tauld her it was the lad himsel' was here that nicht wi' his desperate chiels frae the barracks?
As Waverley passed him he pulled off his hat respectfully, and, approaching his stirrup, bade him 'Tak heed the auld whig deevil played him nae cantrip.
Claw for claw, as Conan said to Satan, Mrs. Flockhart, and the deevil tak the shortest nails.
Callum Beg soon after announced in person the ratification of this treaty, adding, 'Ta auld deevil was ganging to ride wi' ta duinhe-wassel hersell.
It's a deevil o' a hardship to be smeeked oot o' ane's ain hoose.
The deevil o' sic a deevil I ever heard, saw, or read o'.
As Waverley passed him, he pulled off his hat respectfully, and approaching his stirrup, bade him 'Tak heed the auld Whig deevil played him nae cantrip.
Callum Beg soon after announced in person the ratification of this treaty, adding, 'Ta auld deevil was ganging to ride wi' ta Duinhe-wassel hersell.
Callum Beg soon after announced in person the ratification of this treaty, adding, 'Ta auld deevil was ganging to ride wi' ta duinhe- wassel hersell.
Tinto, he's a perfect deevil on horseback, as I was saying.
But what can we do for that puir doited deevil of a knight-baronet?
The deevil has a better to the twa o' them, my lord, as they 'll ken some day.
Driving the Deevil Out= A Scotch minister, named Downes, settled in a rural district in the north of Ireland, where the people are more Scotch in language and manners than in the land o' cakes itself.
It's a deevil o' a funny place," Mac ventured doubtfully.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deevil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
