29 examples of devilments in sentences

Then, at least, I should have known my danger, and been able to meet it; but to wait like this, through a whole night, picturing all kinds of unknown devilment, was to jeopardize one's sanity.

Beyond shadow of fair doubt Dupont was up to some new devilment, but Lanyard would be surprised if its nature failed to develop on the train or at latest upon its arrival in Paris the next morning.

Once, too, when there was some grumbling and talk of a mutiny over the state of the provisions, he was of opinion that they should not wait for the dogs to rise, but that they should march forward and set upon them until they had trounced the devilment out of them.

After that he stared out of the window for a long time, not even moving his head when a crowd of Bedouins galloped to within fifty yards of the train and volleyed at it from horseback "merely out of devilment," as Hadad hastened to assure us.

I have tumbled upon one of the most peculiar cases of 'haunting'or devilment of some sortthat I have come against.

He was mentally braced for devilment, but his arch-enemy, Fay, was not in sight.

"You must 'a' be'n up ter some devilment las' night, fer yo' recommemb'ance is so po' dat you fus' fergit ter git up, an' den fergit ter wash yo' face an' hands fo' you set down ter de table.

" "Yer see, yer don't know much about red-skins and their devilments, and therefore, it's my private opine, instead of getting the gal, they'll git you, and there'll be the end on't.

Somebody e'se had wo' my clo's,er e'se dere'd be'n some witchcraf, er some sort er devilment gwine on dat

"Devilment of some sort, perhaps," he replied.

I didn't like to think about it, for she was a nice little yearlin', and it looked to me like Mike was up to his usual devilment.

It was the young folks did all that devilment.

On the other hand, the French opinion of their Ally as a soldier is that his dash and devilment are really astonishing, even to the most expectant critic; but for the sordid, monotonous strain of this trench business it needs (a thousand pardons!)

For the present there is no end to his devilment, and the great consideration is how to safeguard Oates.

Look at those three monsters squatting there, plotting some ugly devilment or other!

They was just destroying things for devilment.

Then when they got to the meeting place, they would put their disguises on and go out and do their devilment.

Sam he comes back an' tells Ed all about the latest devilment.

I have seldom known a horrible situation handled with more delicate art; it is for this, rather than for its slightly unconvincing devilments, that I would give the book an honourable place in the ranks of Bensonian romance.

Some slaves would dig deep holes along the route of the "Patrollers" and their horses would fall in sometimes breaking the leg of the horse, arm or leg of the rider; some slaves took advantage of the protection their masters would give them with the overseer or other plantation owners, would do their devilment and "fly" to their masters who did not allow a man from another plantation to bother his slaves.

I have known pregnant women to go ten miles to help do some devilment.

"The Uncle what I libbed with, he was awful full of all kinds of devilment.

She didn't want my uncle to steal, but he was just full of all kind of devilment.

It makes my blood boil just to think that he was going to have that lovely looking young girl whipped for his devilment.

And just out of the devilment which was now in his blood he took the greatest pleasure in "playing the game," and while the solemn footmen's watchful eyes were upon them, he let himself go and was charming to her; and then, each instant they were alone he made himself freeze again, so that she could not say he was not keeping to the bargain.

29 examples of  devilments  in sentences