Examples of séance in a Sentence
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Toombs is best known today as the face of fortune teller Madame Leota inside the crystal ball in the Haunted Mansion’s seance circle at Disneyland.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
During a post-show seance in Dublin, a fan (FKA Twigs) conjures up a spirit; the presence soon uses a stigmata sliced into Mary’s palm as an entrance to her soul.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
Every song becomes a seance, every bump in the night turns into evidence of a specter.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
This was a time of communal seances, Ouija boards, and ghostly communication—ghost writing, in the literal sense.
—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
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
During a post-show seance in Dublin, a fan (FKA Twigs) conjures up a spirit; the presence soon uses a stigmata sliced into Mary’s palm as an entrance to her soul.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
Every song becomes a seance, every bump in the night turns into evidence of a specter.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
This was a time of communal seances, Ouija boards, and ghostly communication—ghost writing, in the literal sense.
—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
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“Séance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s%C3%A9ance. Accessed 27 Apr. 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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