deuce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deuce
Noun
  • His absentee boss, whose own messaging often has been the dickens to decipher, obviously feels OK with what’s gone on here.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
  • One very important part of that care is pruning, something that scares the dickens out of people.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • The opening moments cement its tonal dissonance as, with a twang of Daniel Kowalski’s spare, uneasy score, a brief prologue with fire, a flailing figure and mutterings about Satan snaps to a far more banal view of an empty street lined with dim, shuttered houses under a low, gray sky.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • Also in the family name is Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Drag Race’s sequined Satan with a smile.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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“Deuce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deuce. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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