Ye haven't anybody could come up to him barrin' owld Gladstone, divil a one.
Divil a one of thim but would dhrink as much whiskey as would wash down a car, an' if they could run as fast as they can talk, begorra, ye might hunt hares wid thim.
Divil a mother's son could be got to shpake a single wurud.
Thin to scare 'em away we surroonded his bed, Clapt on forty laches and blisthered his head, Bate all the tin pans and set up sich a howl, That the last fiery divil ran off, be me sowl!
Phwat th' divil arre yer doin' in th' house uv a rayspictable female at this hour uv th' marnin'?
The divil a stip ye go until ye till me ye'er bizness.
I had often looked at the nose, when the divil was upon me, and felt an inclination to seize hold of it, jist to see how it felt.
The Welsh speak their language so fast, that divil a word could I ever contrive to pick up.
Well, the people showed that they were plased by a loud shout, and went away longing for the next Sunday when I was to be presented to them without a divil in me.
Divil a bit farther trouble shall he have from us!
Why then Divil be in my patten if I would not go back to Donnybrook and Dublin, hoist the Orange cockade, and become as good an Orange boy as ever.
Divil a bit farther will I play; at any rate till I get the shilling.
This afternoon, an Indian came in the house and threatened the life of both my wife and child--" "Where the divil is he?
Ah, divil a bit of difference is it to the fish, whin a worm is on the right ind, whether a drunken man or a gintleman is at the other.
That's to show the old gintleman we are ready and ain't frightened, be he the divil himself, or only a few of his children, that ye call the poor Injuns!
If I could but slay that thaif of a hunter that has been poking around here, I think I could go the Christian aisy; but whin I thinks of that man, I faals like the divil himself.
Mebbe it's a shadow, mebbe it's the divil himself.
Blazes, but won't there be a big squeal in purgatory when the divil gits howld of him!
And how should I know phwat that lad can do to th' likes o' me, or phwat the divil brings him here at all, at all!
As soon as I set eyes on him, I seen thedivil was in the house.
An' the divil a one more inoffensive than poor Slocum.
An' as f'r th' divil in him, I wouldn' give a snap iv me thumb for a man widout wan.
But take ye heed, my gyurl, niver to rouse that sleepin' divil an' have him peep at ye through the eyes of yer man.
Why then Divil in my patten if I would not go back to Donnybrook and Dublin, hoist the Orange cockade, and become as good an Orange boy as ever.
The divil himself, your honor, has intered the camp, and he got into bed wid me, to ate me up intirely!
Divil a day would yez kitch me stoppin' in a counthry like this, iny longer thin it would take to git out of it.
But now, be jabers, Oi'll make ye help me, whither ye like it or not; and the divil a thing will I do for ye in return!
The divil a boat will I let ye have; if ye want a boat, go ashore and build one for yoursilf.
And go to the divil and get your awning, and your canvas, and your lashings, and your cook, too, begorra!
Andy went on his errand, and returned with a can of lamp-oil to Dick, who swore at him for his stupidity; "The divil fly away with you!
Divil a mistake I made," answered Andy, very stoutly.
I'll go to Dick theDivil immediately, squire, and arrange time and place.
Divil sweep you, Murphy, you'd rather be hunting water-rats any day than minding your business.
Divil a taste, as smart as you think yourself, Masther Ratty; you call yourselves gentlemen, and that's not your proper name.
The ould divil himself niver behild sich a long face as he pet an!
You percave I had a reason of my own for knowing that she couldn't git down the stares althegither and intirely; for I knew very well that I had hould of her hand, for the divil the bit had I iver lit it go.
Divil a fairer," says the saint; "that's the way to do business.
Round to their right we flew, with the bullets whistling by, and striking the earth before and behind us, but divil a man did they hit, though the air seemed thick with them.
Now that we are campaigning, divil an officer asks if we have any complaints to make, or is in any way solicitous as to our welfare or wants.
May the Lord Almighty strike me dead if the divil isn't after hooshing the tin can from the bag.
It's thedivil did it, your reverence, and I wouldn't tell you a lie.
In the name iv all the blessed saints in heaven,' says Thady, 'who the divil are ye?
Divil a fairer,' says the saint; 'that's the way to do business.
Who thedivil would I be, but Terence Mooney,' says he.
Well, when he thought that side was done he turns it again--and lo and behould you, the divil a taste more done that side was nor the other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "divil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
