How do you use Devils in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Devils meaning
plural of devil
Using Devils
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of devil
- In the example corpus, devils often appears in combinations such as: red devils, the devils, blue devils.
Context around Devils
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Devils
- In this selection, "devils" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, blue, sand, tasmanian, lake, scavenged and ate stand out and add context to how "devils" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allow more devils to survive and and few devils live longer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "devils" sits close to words such as aerial, depicted and nathan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with devils
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A flip was switched for the Sun Devils and the Frogs were helpless to stop the transformation. (17 words)
Devils Lake, ND — Kardemimmit, a music ensemble from Finland, will visit Devils Lake as part of Arts Midwest Folkefest. (19 words)
The thylacines preyed on the devils, the devils scavenged from the thylacine's kills, and the devils ate thylacine young. (20 words)
As a result, the streaking Columbus Blue Jackets have overtaken the Devils for the lead Wild Card position, and the Devils’ lead for the second spot has now shrunk to a mere three points over the red-hot Florida Panthers, who have three games in hand. (46 words)
Devils defenseman Connor Carrick got the biggest goal, scoring with 4:10 left to break a tie and lead the Devils to 4-2 on Monday night, allowing New Jersey to avoid being swept in their season series by their longtime rivals. (42 words)
On Friday night inside the Devils’ Den in the Mountain 7 District championship game, senior guard Jon Compton answered the bell with a career-high 21 points and the Blue Devils won another title by beating Wise Central 72-61. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
The thylacines preyed on the devils, the devils scavenged from the thylacine's kills, and the devils ate thylacine young.
Devils defenseman Connor Carrick got the biggest goal, scoring with 4:10 left to break a tie and lead the Devils to 4-2 on Monday night, allowing New Jersey to avoid being swept in their season series by their longtime rivals.
On Friday night inside the Devils’ Den in the Mountain 7 District championship game, senior guard Jon Compton answered the bell with a career-high 21 points and the Blue Devils won another title by beating Wise Central 72-61.
Though Hall is unlikely to re-sign with the Devils midseason, the possibility is there for the Devils to get him under contract once the year is over.
As a result, the streaking Columbus Blue Jackets have overtaken the Devils for the lead Wild Card position, and the Devils’ lead for the second spot has now shrunk to a mere three points over the red-hot Florida Panthers, who have three games in hand.
Devils Lake, ND — Kardemimmit, a music ensemble from Finland, will visit Devils Lake as part of Arts Midwest Folkefest.
Sand Devils dressed 34 wrestlers for the weekend’s event Sand Devils finished in sixth place among the nineteen competing schools.
A study of feeding devils identified twenty physical postures, including their characteristic vicious yawn, and eleven different vocal sounds that devils use to communicate as they feed.
Convicts at the time when Hobart was being settled in made a meal of Tasmanian devils and it was claimed to be not unlike veal. citation It is a common belief that devils will eat humans.
Etymology The term blues may have come from "blue devils", meaning melancholy and sadness; an early use of the term in this sense is in George Colman 's one-act farce Blue Devils (1798).
Fossils of species similar to modern devils have been found, but it is not known whether they were ancestors of the contemporary species, or whether the current devils co-existed with these species.
It is hoped that the removal of diseased devils from wild populations should decrease disease prevalence and allow more devils to survive beyond their juvenile years and breed.
Owen and Pemberton, p. 52. Devils are fully grown at two years of age, and few devils live longer than five years in the wild.
Owen and Pemberton, p. 69. Milk replacements are often used for devils that have been bred in captivity, for orphaned devils or young who are born to diseased mothers.
Tasmanian devils in Narawntapu National Park were fitted with proximity sensing radio collars which recorded their interactions with other devils over several months from February to June 2006.
The anime show Dance with Devils centers around the conflict between devils and vampires over the location of the forbidden grimoire and the key to its location is the main heroine, Ritsuka Tachibana.
The Dust Devils came to the Tri-Cities in 2001, relocating from Portland and changing the team’s name from the Portland Rockies to the Tri-City Dust Devils.
Additionally, after becoming Chainsaw Man, he also displays a more sadistic side, even displaying great pleasure in killing devils, to the point where his sanity could be questioned.
A flip was switched for the Sun Devils and the Frogs were helpless to stop the transformation.
After Bill retired, they enjoyed winters in Casa Grande, Arizona, and their summers at their lake home on the shores of Devils Lake which they enjoyed with family and friends.
Common combinations with devils
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: