A poor devil of a legionnaire possessed a voice many a singer would have envied.
Is it fair to make use of a poor devil's misfortunes, or the fact that he has got into trouble with the authorities of his native land, in this way for national purposes?
For the trifling purchases which even a poor devil of a legionnaire sometimes makes he keeps a specially rubbishy class of article and charges double prices for it.
Ocean and sun arranged a wonderful play for a poor devil of a legionnaire.
Poor devil: it makes one right heartily sorry for him; but that, you see, is the way with every man that has anything to do with women.
Pity you are such a poor devil; you should be my son-in-law.
Such things never happens to such a poor devil of a chap as me!
Some buccaneer or lover, of whom each Forsyte thought: 'Poor devil!
Fleur," came his voice, "don't be hard on a poor devil!
Out in the saloons the men could tell him all about the meaning of it; they gazed at him with pitying eyes--poor devil, he was blacklisted!
He limped to the cars and got to Brown's, where he found that the boss had kept his place--that is, was willing to turn out into the snow the poor devil he had hired in the meantime.
At length the lieutenant said something about the "poor devil on deck," and Marble was sent up, to look out for the ship, while Diggens came below to eat.
Lord Harry is a nobleman, and a captain, and what could a poor devil of a lieutenant, whose commission is not a year old, do against such odds!
There's Alton, she permits him to attend her regularly and hand her from chair or coach, poor devil!
Why should a poor devil like me worry and plague himself with these terrible burdens if my contemporaries will not even grant me a place for doing my work?
Greet them both most cordially for me when they return; could they not come with you to a poor devil in Switzerland just as well as go to Paris?
So, so poor devil, thou hast a good throat; thou wert never so happy as to be no longer king.
Then cried he out unto them, My masters, I am a poor devil, I desire you to spare me.
Ha, said Tripet, seeing thou art a poor devil, it is reason that thou shouldst be permitted to go whithersoever thou wilt, for all poor devils pass everywhere without toll or tax.
But I say, Xuvani, there's a poor devil of a preacher shut up here somewhere.
I am only a poor devil, but I would willingly give her two louis if she would earn them.
The meal over, he proceeded to impart to me his adventures, which were ordinary enough, and like those which many a poor devil has to undergo; and while he talked his pretty daughter sat on my knee.
If you bother a poor devil who is dying of want, and speak to him about consumption, it is probably "political economy" that you will have addressed to him.
Nobody is surprised at this, for it is a rule amongst dramatists never to forbid the banns until the banned, poor devil, is on the steps of the altar.
A poor devil named Ke-shin, who happened to suggest the necessity for a stronger force, was instantly split up by order of the Emperor, who can now and then do things by halves, though such is not his ordinary custom.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poor devil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
