How to Use divination in a Sentence

divination

noun

• His master cut up Luc's body and sold the parts for divination.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2022
• The earliest versions of tarot decks weren’t even used as a form of divination.
  — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Tea leaves are also used as a divination tool to explore the past, present, and future.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 7 May 2018
• Tarot as a tool of divination is meant to give clarity to the person being read for.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 19 July 2022
• Tarot is a form of divination that uses a deck of playing cards to give us a sense of direction.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2021
• Some say tarot was simply a card game like bridge or poker; others say the cards were always used for divination.
  — Jane Stern, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2018
• Prints are inspired by divination tools, such as seashells and a pencil sharpener.
  — Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 27 June 2022
• The newcomers go for spells, crystals and forms of divination such as tarot cards, said Dulcis.
  — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• But all of the props, vintage occult books and divination tools have value, probably for someone on your list.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• They were used in divination rituals pertaining to matters such as harvests, birth and war.
  — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
• The opacity of the process can sometimes make Zeidman’s role seem like divination.
  — Teresa Mathew, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
• For me, the most striking detail is the clear base, inspired by scrying, a form of divination involving crystal balls.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2026
• But to get a better sense of the album’s divination of modern trends, Billboard did flip over several of those rocks.
  — Patrick Lyons, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2021
• For those who may not be familiar with the practice, tarot is a form of divination that uses a deck of cards to provide us with a sense of direction.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2023
• These conclusions came from a basic coin-flipping divination technique, which has proven accurate in the past.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
• Like all divination practices, tea leaf reading is based on the concept of directing energy.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 7 May 2018
• They are still used today in the art of divination and continue to be worn as talismans in different parts of the world to bring good fortune.
  — Kristen Shirley, Forbes, 6 June 2021
• However, the cards didn’t become tools of divination until at least the 1800s.
  — Alegría Adedeji, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2021
• In the process of divination, the priest places a powder called iyerosun over the tray and draws it into nine sections, each representing an ancient.
  — NOLA.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• But in medieval Europe, one common form of divination was consulting evil spirits.
  — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 18 Dec. 2024
• The report also did not specify which divination practices were the most common, but tarot is certainly not the only one.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021
• Something has happened—the live capture of a personality, if not a soul—but it was engendered by a job, not by a divination.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020
• For others, dispelling the negative stereotypes of divination has become a tool of self-healing during a time of loss and trauma.
  — Stephanie Long, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2021
• While nothing can truly tell you the inner workings of love, certain forms of divination, including tarot, can help guide your romantic life.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2021
• So yellow is yellow was was air and Lilia divination trial, and orange was Alice in the fire trial.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
• Threshold moments invite divination, making the equinox the perfect night to host a tarot or oracle gathering.
  — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
• The dichotomy exists then and now, which is why Plath’s work has longevity, and tarot is still a powerful form of divination because both speak to the soul.
  — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
• Like me, Dore uses tarot not as a form of fortunetelling or divination but as a way to better understand ourselves and live in alignment with our values.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
• For Scottsdale resident Michelle Hall, 41, tarot is her divination tool.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
• The Aztecs used these hallucinogenic seeds in divination ceremonies meant to communicate with their gods.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 May 2024