They used the word wekufe as a synonym for ideas of the devil, demons and other evil or diabolical forces.
Lewis Barnavelt tries to avert disaster when the destruction of an old bridge threatens to release a diabolical force, the legacy of a long-dead evil magician.
Ms. Carpenter's Emily is a blank slate scribbled upon by diabolical forces.
A number of diabolical forces can make playing the Masters a supreme challenge.
Huge and diabolical forces, already at work on two empires, were about to get a hefty push!
Terrorists are threatening the free world and have amassed a diabolical force.
Somehow, by some diabolical force, this innocent man had been made to kill a Prince he did not know-to kill quickly, ruthlessly, expertly!
"What diabolical force is this that has seized us?"
Machiavelli was no less honest when he honored the diabolical force than Carlyle was when at different times he extolled the strong man who destroys liberty in creating order.
