How to Use wizard in a Sentence

wizard

noun
  • He is a wizard at math.
  • Charles Lewis is the wizard of crusts known as Pie Guy.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Now this is a must-have in every witch or wizard’s home.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Smith appears to be a wizard, while Lillis seems to be a druid or a ranger.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 20 July 2022
  • Last season, Robertson was a wizard around the net-front.
    Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022
  • And now Musk gets to be its wizard, promising to turn it into a free speech utopia.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2022
  • With a precocious array of dips, spins and drop-steps, Şengün is a wizard on the low block.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Irving is a wizard at misdirections and spin moves to get to the rim.
    New York Times, 9 May 2022
  • Leavell is a wizard on the mat, but just as comfortable in front of a microphone.
    The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • My father was a very special man, a gems and pearls wizard and a true genius.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The idea of some ad wizard at the top deciding that Demi is going to do rock now is so not true.
    Suzy Expositostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The other is his nemesis, the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who now wants to dominate the world.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The league loves that a star coach now joins Rams wizard Sean McVay in the country’s second-largest market.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In the comic, the powerful teens are taking on a wizard named Percy the Perverse.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 18 July 2022
  • As soon as the gear was readied, King donned his black, waterproof wizard’s robe.
    Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • Fox had set up Alexis Lafrenière for a prime chance moments earlier and was a wizard with the puck throughout the night.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022
  • The fifth edition of the event brought out more than 300 families, as the downtown was turned into a wizards village.
    Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • But the wizard's whole schtick is that everyone can be worthy of such power if given the chance.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022
  • The rebrand is part of a plan by two large U.S. leagues to ditch ties to the boy wizard and the book’s author, and turn the game into a sport that can get sponsors and make money.
    Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 20 July 2022
  • Two fatal errors were made at the end of the franchise’s first film, concerning the dark wizard Grindelwald.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Fury of the Gods as the wizard who grants Billy Batson his superhero powers.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
  • So, what did Mad Max and his fellow watchmaking wizard come up with?
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 10 June 2022
  • The trim on this robe sports the iconic burgundy and gold stripes of the story’s heroes, making your child feel like a member of the iconic wizard gang.
    Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Players are witch or wizard avatars that complete missions to gain skills such as flying on a broom.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Rafaela is a wizard in center field with the ability to also play shortstop.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Screen Rant posits the game's Vecna, a wizard who transformed into a lich, is the basis for the newest season's villain.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Mark Helfrich was an offensive wizard, but didn’t have the same killer instinct.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Set this five-foot beauty on your front porch, or hang a couple of them in your front yard trees to give the appearance of large, floating witch or wizard hats.
    Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2022
  • From special box sets of the films and exclusive House editions of the original books to Lego sets and more, check out some of the coolest finds for every type of witch or wizard.
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 May 2022
  • The images tend toward the fantastical: a wizard hat or a lunar landscape in a Lisa Frank-ish style, or a tree house growing above the ocean.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2023

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