He replied, "The divel a better within a day's march.
Divel a one, your honour, except one poor old woman in one of the huts, and she was after going when she saw me and Pat Logan coming near her.
The divel a fear of that, for there is not a living soul but what our shells have kilt and destroyed; so that when you are in, you will have nothing to do but shoot the remainder, and take the place in a moment.
The divel a better corps within a whole day's march.
Why that's it I come about sir, 'Tis a Divel of your raising must invent 'em, I confess I am too weak to compass it.
Trouble not your self for that, Let but your Divel set them a foot once.
I want to speak to the big divel of all," says Tom: "open the gate.
It was all the poor divel wanted: he put his tail between his legs and took to his pumps without looking at man nor mortial, and neither sun, moon, nor stars ever saw him in sight of Dublin again.
So one fellow put out his claws to seize on the flail, but Tom gave him such a welt of it on the side of his head that he broke off one of his horns, and made him roar like a divel as he was.
This is known to those, who have had experience of it, and it never went well with any Family where this damned house-divel ever got an entrance.
With these, and a thousand such like arguments, doth this Plague-Divel know how to puff up the vain humours of the weak Women, to the true pitch of high-mindedness.
Whilest the Husband is from home, the Wife plaies the Divel for God's sake.
They ran out of course; but the mwail divel was gone, leaving behind him, standing up against the turf-rick, the black little Maol Kerry cow.
She was a good warrant to give a poor fellow a meal when he wanted it': 'Father Patt gave me a tumbler of rale stiff punch, and the divel a better warrant to make the same was within the province of Connaught.
It was all the poor divel wanted: he put his tail between his legs and took to his pumps without looking at man or mortial, and neither sun, moon, nor stars ever saw him in sight of Dublin again.
But divel may care, yez shan't want the music, while there's a blast in the pipes, anyhow!
I want to speak to the bigdivel of all," says Tom; "open the gate.
It was all the poor divel of a wolf wanted: he put his tail between his legs, and took to his pumps without looking at man or mortal, and neither sun, moon, or stars ever saw him in sight of Dublin again.
Divel do you good with your one pound thirteen and fourpence!
Divel Wrought us to cross this noble course, perswading 'Twould be his overthrow?
Lady, I'll leave you to your commendations: I am in again, The Divel take their tongues.
Wee may find the Divel using one constant course in Nineteen several Actions, and yett hee bee too hard for us at last, if wee thence make a Rule to form an Infallible Judgement of a Twentieth.
I am suspicious Lest y^e Divel may at some time or other, serve us a trick by his constancy for a long while in one way of Dealing.
It is the opinion generally of all protestant writers that y^e Divel may thus abuse y^e innocent, yea, tis y^e confession of some popish ones.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "divel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
