How to Use voodoo in a Sentence

voodoo

1 of 2 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

voodoo

2 of 2 adjective

• There’s no pendulum clock swaying back and forth; no voodoo magic or enchanting spell.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• Right after that, Kelsey handed Joey a voodoo doll as a nod to her New Orleans roots.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
• Someone somewhere has a voodoo doll of Arteta and is plucking each immaculate shred of hair one by one.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
• The mother goes to a voodoo master who tries to perform a ‘cutting destiny’ ritual for the relationship.
  — Sara Merican, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
• Four months after having my baby, I was partially convinced someone had made a voodoo doll of me and was ripping out my strands in sizable, gasp-worthy clumps.
  — Gina Vaynshteyn, Flow Space, 19 Feb. 2025
• An impromptu parade sprang up, featuring revellers dressed as blind referees and voodoo dolls with the NFL logo on them.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
• Customers who feel they’ve been overcharged, customers who talk about one-hour hold times with customer service, customers who think the explanations given for their bills is voodoo economics.
  — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• Plus, Jodie Turner-Smith is positively entrancing as a voodoo priestess whose ancient curses might flip this entire story on its head.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024