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How to use mephistophelean in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word mephistophelean? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
In the opera he is led on by a succession of sinister characters, all played in Mephistophelean fashion by the same baritone.
Max von Sydow gives a coolly Mephistophelean performance as Sam, the dapper, expatriate owner of a neon-lit gambling joint in the middle of a desert.
His cleverly disguised off-cutters terrified batsmen, and a legend grew as cartoonists captured his Mephistophelean physiognomy and writers relished his deadly deeds.
The Scherzo is conducted with a gracefully Mephistophelean menace, and here, the members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra show off their agility and precision.
Examples from Classical Literature
His mephistophelean eyebrows were raised interrogatively, and he was smiling so as to exhibit a row of uneven yellow teeth.
The bearded man stood ready, and exchanged a glance with his mephistophelean companion, who was behind the doctor now.
In a flash there recurred to him every incident of those dramatic interviews with the mephistophelean doctor.
But reflection brought a mephistophelean suggestion of comfort.
His voracity is well known, and from the circumstance that the inner angles of his lips are curved upwards, he carries an everlasting Mephistophelean grin on his face.
You may miss a little of its Mephistophelean aspect but just revel in Hewitt's plush, velvety tone which makes some passages absolutely sumptuous.
Then Musharraf's ego to perpetuate his rule was Mephistophelean in nature.
Twemlow, in a stunned condition, feigns to compare the portrait in his hand with the original looking towards him from his Mephistophelean corner.
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