What is "deviled"

Usage examples of "deviled".

My next task was to arrange concentric circles of the empanadas and deviled eggs.

He stared at the cartooned demon on the can of deviled ham and smiled.

He ate a salty deviled egg and a crustless triangle of bread with tank-grown salmon.

I nonchalantly rearranged the deviled eggs and the crudités inside a hollowed-out pumpkin.

The freezer-chest contained, he estimated, a two-month supply of spaghetti sauce, chili, macaroni and cheese (his favorite), vichyssoise, pot roast, turkey tetrazzini, shrimp gumbo, deviled crab, Swedish meatballs and other Cobb specialties - nothing in curry sauce, he was glad to note.

Colleen bit into a deviled egg and chewed contemplatively while she awaited his answer.

The whole pot of rot is a big lie like God or love or the perfect deviled egg.

Kareem said, and deftly whisked a deviled egg on toast from his tray into Hamid-Jones's free hand.

The dark-browed man glanced up, stopping chewing in the middle of a deviled egg to glare at Chuck as he hurried away as though offended Chuck was giving him the slip.

There was no lettuce, but Troy had arranged a decorative pinwheel of alternating tomato and cucumber slices, garnishing the platter with stuffed deviled egg halves.

The tuna salad was attractively presented: a heaping portion on a lettuce bed, garnished with two deviled egg halves, green and black olives, and celery sticks.

Aziraphale popped another deviled egg into his mouth, and washed it down with coffee.

Nor was Oniko interested in Harold's extra deviled egg, nor in the ham sandwiches Sneezy had persuaded his father to let him take.

Steve dumped a glob of potato salad on a paper plate, added a deviled egg and a biscuit, and fed it to Bob.

The widow allowed the necessary introductions to Angelica and Laurence, then immediately dominated the conversation with a running commentary on everything from her accident with a deviled egg at dinner to the plays and entertainments she expected to attend in New Orleans.