How to Use medicine man in a Sentence

medicine man

noun

• It had probably been carried for years in the pouch of a medicine man.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2018
• The appointment of a new medicine man is a dicey moment in the life of a tribe.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
• Dine Nez gathered up the package and had a medicine man perform a ách'ááh tsodizin over them.
  — Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
• After a trip to the hospital brought no relief, her father took her to a medicine man.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
• The artist in this context was the medicine man and the person needing healing would sit in the sand art upon completion.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2020
• To find a way through this impasse, Begay met with a medicine man at her uncle’s house for a ceremony.
  — Oscar Schwartz, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• The dance began a century ago when an Ojibwe medicine man’s granddaughter fell sick.
  — Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• Julia Roberts goes back to the medicine man, who totally doesn’t remember her, which is very funny.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 May 2021
• Edwards learned from his father, a medicine man, how to treat illnesses by tapping into the power of rattlesnakes.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
• Throughout the ceremony's four days of observances and events, the young woman is guided and advised by her medicine man.
  — Alejandra Rubio, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
• Kaydahzinne, the medicine man, says White Man’s science is good for many purposes, but cannot fathom the spirit world.
  — AZCentral.com, 23 July 2019
• Andy tries to save Aunt Bee and her friends from a charming traveling medicine man whose elixir turns out to be 85% alcohol.
  — Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2017
• Families asked medicine men to sing Protection Way songs before the season, chants through night until dawn cracked open the sky.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2019
• Camila’s kidnapping will tie into the true story of Geronimo, the famed Apache warrior and medicine man.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
• Sitting Bull, born in 1831, was chief and medicine man of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2021
• Her mother, who came from a lineage of medicine men and women, clung tightly to the seasonal rituals of gathering plants and keeping sacred songs.
  — Rowan Moore Gerety, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• And a Navajo medicine man will teach you about the indigenous population and its traditional practices.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2024
• After Nygren's speech, medicine man Lorenzo Max led the march, singing prayers and sharing ancestral stories.
  — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
• But prosecutors told a different story, saying the man who was seen by some as a spiritual healer and medicine man used his position to prey on his victims.
  — Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
• But prosecutors told a different story, saying the man who was seen by some as a spiritual healer and medicine man used his position to prey on his victims.
  — Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
• After his time in the Marine Corps, Vandever became a Navajo medicine man.
  — Shondiin Silversmith, azcentral, 31 Jan. 2020
• Chasing Horse used his status as an actor and medicine man to prey on victims, similarly to other faith leaders who abuse their power, Lee said.
  — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
• Much of her reconnection has been spiritual, beginning with learning about her great great grandfather who was a Yoeme medicine man and a painter himself.
  — AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Julia Roberts is swanning around Bali trying to interview a medicine man, who has shrewd advice for her about her romantic life and words of caution about her finances.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 May 2021
• Her mother’s maternal grandfather was a medicine man who performed healing ceremonies up until his 104th year.
  — Oscar Schwartz, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• When Kinsel recently began seeing visions of his late horse Yoyo running toward him, a medicine man held a ceremony to dispel the phantoms.
  — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
• An Anishinaabe Sculpture Park features statues of figures in action, from a fisherman to a medicine man and a meat and fish preservation drying rack.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Nov. 2025
• The medicine man gave Dennison an arrowhead talisman and a bottle of mountain herbs to shield her from evil spirits and the perils of contact with the deceased, a regular occurrence in her line of work.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
• Likely the hatáli, or traditional medicine men, who figure in the fictitious world of Hillerman’s monolithic Navajo still exist, though their numbers have dwindled.
  — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
• Pete, of the Las Vegas Indian Center, described the role of the medicine man in their culture as a highly respected leadership post.
  — Rio Yamat, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023