Devil
in sentence
781 examples of Devil in a sentence
Some immigrants believe it's shaped like a star to guide them across the Rio Grande to work in the promised land, others think it resembles a devil, offering the tantalizing prospect of legal jobs in the US, only to discover that this is a mirage.
Berlusconi tries to mask his inactivity by scaring his voters, repeating again and again that electing the moderate left would mean signing a pact with the devil, i.e., the "communists."
The
devil
is in the details.
Heated exchanges between the authorities and opponents of the laws led many to believe that the
devil
is, indeed, in the details.
Sharply higher competition is even becoming the rule in countries that hate it like the
devil
-- Germany, France, Japan and others.
Nevertheless, the
devil
is in the details.
British Banks’ Comedy of TerrorsWASHINGTON, DC – The
devil
is always in the details.
As always, the
devil
is in the details.
Sometimes no spoon is long enough to sup with the
devil.
But, as always, the
devil
is in the details, and United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson may have succeeded in subverting even this good idea; he seems to have figured out how to recapitalize the banks in such a way that it may not result in resumption of lending, which would bode poorly for the economy.
Politicians, however, prefer the
devil
they know.
But the
devil
is in the details, and, even in the most optimistic scenario, the trade-off between competition and stability will remain.
We seem to accept that to be struck by an earthquake, a tidal wave, or a hurricane is just bad luck (unless, as the American evangelist Pat Robertson suggested after the Haitian earthquake, your ancestors made a pact with the
devil
in order to free themselves from colonial rule).
The
devil
will be in the details.
While politicians talk about their commitment to regulatory reform to prevent a recurrence of the crisis, this is one area where the
devil
really is in the details – and the banks will muster what muscle they have left to ensure that they have ample room to continue as they have in the past.
He memorably declared that the church belongs to everyone, and that the
devil
sometime wears a cassock.
The devil, of course, is in the details – and big banks will do what they can to ensure that whatever charges are imposed are sufficiently small that they do not outweigh the advantages gained from being underwritten by taxpayers.
Friedrich Nietzsche said that if you look in the eye of the
Devil
for too long, you risk becoming a
devil
yourself.
During the Great Depression, the head of the United States National Recovery Administration argued that employers were being forced to lay off workers as a result of “the murderous doctrine of savage and wolfish competition, [of] dog-eat-dog and
devil
take the hindmost.”
The government has yet to explain why the 2013 reform plan was not implemented, and the new reform pledges remain short on detail (wherein the
devil
lies).
The devil, as always, is in the details.
Since the GOP has already made its deal with the devil, there is no reason to expect its members to support any effort to renew and protect American democracy.
While the
devil
could lurk in the details, the bottom line is clear: the Next Generation EU plan will draw critical support from large-scale issuance of pan-European sovereign bonds.
The
devil
is very powerful and we must resist him.
Then what sort of education can you give your little ones if you do not conquer in yourself the temptations of the devil, who is leading you into unbelief?' he asked in mild rebuke.
Will you leave him to the temptations of the world and the
devil?
'What the
devil
brings him here?' muttered Levin to himself, turning back to the vehicle.
'What the
devil
do I care about the statute?
Having then for the first time clearly understood that before every man, and before himself, there lay only suffering, death, and eternal oblivion, he had concluded that to live under such conditions was impossible; that one must either explain life to oneself so that it does not seem to be an evil mockery by some sort of devil, or one must shoot oneself.
– The
devil
and sin? – And how do I explain evil?...
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