How to Use voodoo in a Sentence

voodoo

noun
  • In the fourth inning, the Bronx voodoo swirled in the night sky.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • When the voodoo-doll streak was broken, so was the winning streak.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Banks threatened to burn down Del Rey’s house with voodoo.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
  • The polygraph is voodoo science.
    New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Morgan responded with a slap and brush off of the voodoo.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
  • One that falls somewhere between a small joke to oneself and voodoo?
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Momsen won't answer if she's ever owned a voodoo doll.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • On average, both groups used the same number of pins to stab at a voodoo doll on a screen.
    Ian Haydon, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
  • We were being controlled, like voodoo dolls in the palms of Big Tech.
    Arielle Pardes, Wired, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The one Haitian character brings a virus back from the island and has a thing for voodoo dolls.
    Junot Díaz, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, a religion far more complex than the tired tropes of straw dolls and pins.
    Caitlin Gunther, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Trans youth don’t need fear-mongering goober politicians trying to ‘fix them’ with red state voodoo.
    J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The signature doughnut will be shaped like a voodoo doll and include a pretzel stake.
    Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
  • This rings true for travelers who take voodoo tours in New Orleans.
    Natalie B. Compton, The Know, 27 Oct. 2019
  • But his voodoo streak of good luck finally ran out when ICE lugged him.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
  • Ask for a side of voodoo sauce, which offers hints of peppercorns, bourbon and butter.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the $64 million question is, who put the voodoo on Harden?
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 12 May 2017
  • Haitian and African immigrants brought voodoo beliefs about black cats, fire and witchcraft.
    CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The carrion odor of a voodoo lily is meant to attract pollinating flies and beetles.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • Marie LaFleur is a voodoo priestess who lives in New Orleans.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The actress joked that her baby boy is her little voodoo doll, because everything that hurts him hurts her.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Beyond the slave trade, Ogu land is also noted for the voodoo widely practiced there.
    Sam Olukoya, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The date, which occurs on or around the summer solstice, is important in voodoo culture.
    NOLA.com, 23 June 2017
  • Before leaving Nigeria, most swear to repay that debt during a voodoo rite.
    Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • Diahann Caroll brings to life the character of a voodoo witch.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 July 2023
  • The design team adds pizazz, down to candles and individual voodoo dolls.
    Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Some blame it on access — the island is only accessible by boat — while others chalk it up to voodoo.
    Stratton Lawrence, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The Alabama voodoo wasn’t going to snatch this win away after nearly a decade of failure.
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 10 Nov. 2019
  • The answer says a lot about the voodoo economics of the food-delivery industry.
    The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The best, in my opinion, is konjac voodoo lily (Amorphophallus konjac).
    Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017

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