“Ha-HA!” she laughed demoniacally; nevertheless she came no nearer. From Wordnik.com. [Tender is the Night] Reference
His red eyes, which resemble Spanish peanuts, dance demoniacally as they look you up and down. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
The toffs gather for their thrice-yearly dinner at a gastropub near Oxford, with the intention of getting demoniacally drunk and then trashing the place. From Wordnik.com. [In London, Dinner and a Show] Reference
A few, whose nerves were highly strung, were striding up and down laughing demoniacally, waving their arms madly, and gesticulating as if their senses had indeed given way. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
Among the guardians over Byron's childhood was a demon, that, receiving an ample place in his victim's heart, stood demoniacally his ground through life, transmuting love to hate, and what might have been benefits to fatal snares. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
Twice have the big-eyed stone plovers piped demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
I have never in my life heard anything more demoniacally distinct. From Wordnik.com. [The Wisdom of Father Brown] Reference
Through a stone doorway the goddess may be seen enshrined, grinning demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan] Reference
The man would be a demoniacally selfish man, whom love itself did not make joyful. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.] Reference
Awful and more awful grew Grimalkin's battle plaint -- her eyes blazed demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters] Reference
Gianapolis twirled around in the chair, his eyes squinting demoniacally: -- "Mrs. Leroux!". From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Claw] Reference
But I have always thought that you have more cause than I to be demoniacally inclined towards him. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
The karlon was hurled backward to the point of equilibrium of the two forces, where it struggled demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [The Skylark of Space] Reference
The fire in the grate looked impish -- demoniacally funny, as if it did not care in the least about her strait. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
It stayed their pursuit for a moment, but in another moment they were on her track again, howling demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions]
It has become so grimy, so demoniacally fantastic in its outlines, that the beholder turns from it with a shudder. From Wordnik.com. [Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life] Reference
All I recollect further is that I sank suddenly into a big arm-chair, while my host's face grinned demoniacally in complete satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Stretton Street Affair] Reference
There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a plunge. From Wordnik.com. [The Imp of the Perverse] Reference
There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
'There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a plunge.'. From Wordnik.com. [Blogrunner] Reference
His priestess, strengthened by religious passion, was bold to touch with hers his divine hand, on the finger of which demoniacally glittered the murder-token. From Wordnik.com. [Idolatry A Romance] Reference
Englishman had vanquished his adversary with the small sword, and had allowed him, because he had raged demoniacally on account of his lamed limb, to have a shot in revenge. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
It was Flopit's eye, a red-rimmed eye and sore -- and so demoniacally malignant that Clematis, indescribably startled, would have withdrawn his own countenance at once -- but it was too late. From Wordnik.com. [Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William] Reference
His Sunday morning discourse was based on the text St. Mark v. 1-17, containing the account of the healing of the demoniacally possessed persons at Gadara, and the destruction of the herd of swine. From Wordnik.com. [The Parish Clerk] Reference
It was known that the young Englishman had vanquished his adversary with the small sword, and had allowed him, because he had raged demoniacally on account of his lamed limb, to have a shot in revenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
The late Dr. Arnold of Rugby, notoriously a man of great ingenuity, possessing also prodigious fertility of thought, and armed with the rare advantage of being almost demoniacally in earnest, was, however. From Wordnik.com. [Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2] Reference
Peters was one of those silent, deadly men you meet with in Tennessee and derivative states; he had a pair of cold gray eyes, which in ordinary times were nearly expressionless, but would start up demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [Fagots from the campfire,] Reference
As far as I know, no one has understood Tausig's genius, his demoniacally ideal nature, with so quick a perception, so refined and ” I might say ” with such womanly intuition, as Frau von Moukhanoff (nee Countess Nesselrode). From Wordnik.com. [Letters]
The destiny that lies concealed within my breast drives me on -- demoniacally -- relentlessly. ". From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Furs] Reference
His face grimaced demoniacally. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
She spun the handwheel demoniacally fast. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
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