the supernatural

noun

: things that cannot be explained by science and seem to involve ghosts, spirits, magic, etc.

Examples of the supernatural in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Thirty years after The Crow first landed on the big screen, the supernatural drama is being remade with Bill Skarsgård in the title role. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024 Patrick seems to exist in a liminal space between the natural and the supernatural, legend and fact. Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024 Then, the supernatural just creeps in to fill the rest. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 Something evil is afoot in the hallowed halls of the church in the new trailer for The First Omen, the upcoming prequel to the supernatural horror classic, The Omen. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024 Schmid is best known for his leading role in the military drama Six and for starring in the U.S. adaptation of the supernatural series Being Human and the ABC drama Big Sky. EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024 Until now, the most effective use of the supernatural was in the debut season, which starred Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey and toyed with the occult. Elaina Patton, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024 Its secondary hero is ennobled by a folksy wisdom and probity so unalloyed as to border on the supernatural. Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024 Despite the supernatural tone that permeated this fourth edition of the HBO anthology series, the seven men who died from that Arctic Research Station were killed by people, not monsters. Brian Lowry, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024

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“The supernatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20supernatural. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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