How to Use by magic in a Sentence

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• The food seemed to appear as though by magic from a tiny kitchen hidden in the mangroves.
  — Pilar Guzmán, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
• Plus, as if by magic, her boyfriend Piqué's birthday falls on the exact same day.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2022
• The vomit vanished as if by magic, and the offending child was whisked to the beach.
  — Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
• Say that Ukraine was able, as if by magic, to produce 20% of the world’s rare earths.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
• Clean sheets appeared on the bed as if by magic, a trick many high-end hotels have forgotten.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• Once Shirlee was in the bedroom, every stitch of her clothing would come off as if by magic.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• The tea is never allowed to go cold; the soy and fresh chillies are replenished as if by magic.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
• Then that blood will begin to thicken into a clot that stops the bleeding, almost as if by magic.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2021
• But as Hamilton reminds us, peace and justice will not align themselves by magic.
  — Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2023
• As if by magic, Hollywood lands near my home, on the edge of the sea, in the purest and most unspoiled land in the world.
  — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• Blue skies and the city skyline illuminated by magic hour light can be seen behind him.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
• Taking out the qualifiers improves the sentences, as if by magic.
  — Ben Yagoda, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• That feeling of loss, of being too old to be graced by magic — that’s no longer a hypothetical.
  — Emily Flake, Longreads, 20 Apr. 2020
• There is enchanting power to what Williams has accomplished, but it was not done by magic.
  — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 20 Nov. 2022
• Come early next year, if all goes according to plan, the rolls of cloth and sewing machines will be replaced by magic mushrooms.
  — Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
• The mesmerizing timelapse shows that each one soaks up the perfect amount of water almost as if by magic.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2020
• And, as if by magic in the song, Rucker and his bandmates’ voices appear, rising up like a swelling wave.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 20 May 2025
• Any petty problems under your roof could start resolving themselves, almost as if by magic!
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• It can’t be saved even by magic mushrooms and ayahuasca like Jesse’s therapist advises.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
• Pablo Neruda and Gabriel García Márquez were two writers touched by magic.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 May 2022
• As if by magic, this quaff delivers everything there is to love about whiskey, but without the booze or harsh burning sensation.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• On a mild springlike evening the string of amber orbs appeared as if by magic, a celestial sleight of hand that would in the coming weeks make headlines across the nation.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2024
• Data management Of course, C-suite executives know that change does not happen by magic.
  — Chris Perry, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• As if by magic, the car’s body panels disappear, revealing the skeletal aluminum spaceframe below.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026
• How could Anne, the poor daughter of a clerk, have been installed at Versailles, and even given a title, unless by magic—his magic?
  — Clare Bucknell, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• For most Americans, the third stimulus payment, like the first two, arrived as if by magic, landing unprompted in the bank or in the mail.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2021
• The stage is dominated by what looks like an avant-garde Nordic tiny home placed on a rotating turntable, with walls that switch, as if by magic, from transparent to opaque and back.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Hours of roasting tenderizes the meat so much that Salinas can pull the bones out with barely any effort, the baby rib racks dismantling before our eyes as if by magic.
  — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
• In the brief clip, Uchis blows on a shelf full of candles while rocking rollers in her hair, sparking flames as if by magic, before grabbing an envelope with the album’s title on it.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
• Now, 40 years later, Toby reflects on growing up surrounded by magic and how working alongside his parents over the years has shaped both his life and career.
  — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026