How to Use necromancy in a Sentence

necromancy

noun
  • One was that the whole ethical conundrum of necromancy seemed like such a great sticking point.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • One of the buzziest debuts of the fall is this riveting dark fantasy in which a woman with missing memories must survive a world of necromancy and alchemy.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Social media users criticized the necromancy app, comparing it to a story out of Black Mirror.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Former Disney star Calum Worthy is trying his hand at digital necromancy — and a lot people aren't happy about it.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Nov. 2025
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The movie, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 3, showed us how to use our magic and morals to decide whether to embrace necromancy and the occult.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
  • Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Draco and Hermione become Kaine and Helena, England becomes Paladia, the dark arts become necromancy, and Harry Potter becomes Luc Holdfast.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025

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