Examples of séance in a Sentence
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This was a time of communal seances, Ouija boards, and ghostly communication—ghost writing, in the literal sense.
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Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
His new album Paleo Sol is like a seance with the elements.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
The store offered tarot readings and seances, as well as a room full of oddities, including a coffin, taxidermies and an electroshock therapy kit, according to The Salisbury Post.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
But then, El stops Henry's seance at just the right moment.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Set in 1924, two years after Sarah Winchester’s death, this immersive experience has a masquerade ball, performers, and plenty of spooky mysteries — just head to the seance room.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Best Gifts for Pisces Dreamy Pisces are creative and spiritual, so a journal, art set, or metaphysical kit with all of the essentials for a seance is a great gift idea.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
Everyone gathers in the seance room for a little Practical Magic–esque spell-casting hand-holding.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
The French educator believed that being in communication with spirits and the dead, through mediumship, seances, and meetings with fellow believers, would result in improvements to spiritual and physical health.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
His new album Paleo Sol is like a seance with the elements.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
The store offered tarot readings and seances, as well as a room full of oddities, including a coffin, taxidermies and an electroshock therapy kit, according to The Salisbury Post.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
But then, El stops Henry's seance at just the right moment.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Set in 1924, two years after Sarah Winchester’s death, this immersive experience has a masquerade ball, performers, and plenty of spooky mysteries — just head to the seance room.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Best Gifts for Pisces Dreamy Pisces are creative and spiritual, so a journal, art set, or metaphysical kit with all of the essentials for a seance is a great gift idea.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
Everyone gathers in the seance room for a little Practical Magic–esque spell-casting hand-holding.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
The French educator believed that being in communication with spirits and the dead, through mediumship, seances, and meetings with fellow believers, would result in improvements to spiritual and physical health.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Séance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s%C3%A9ance. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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séance
noun
sé·ance
ˈsā-ˌän(t)s 
1
: a meeting for discussion : session
2
: a meeting to receive the communications of spirits
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