How to Use woo-woo in a Sentence

woo-woo

adjective
  • There’s very little woo-woo fun to his skiing.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Not the woo-woo concept, but instinct.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the woo-woo goings on, the folks here are not at much of an advantage.
    Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Most of those are more in the woo-woo realm, à la the Protein Circle.
    Nick H. Penniman, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
  • Tuberose, peach, and sandalwood blend to create a woo-woo forest.
    Rose Dommu, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Plates are creative without ever being too woo-woo.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Theater was part of his spiritual journey, but not in any woo-woo way.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But increasingly, these woo-woo offerings are for the wee ones, too.
    Leila Najafi, Robb Report, 9 May 2023
  • Women’s intuition is not a woo-woo trait women stumble across.
    Viv Babber, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Los Angeles used to be a punchline for its obsession with all things woo-woo.
    Monica Corcoran Harel, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Private beaches and swimming holes abound—and not to get all woo-woo, but the energy is awesome.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 25 June 2025
  • Many Chicagoans see sound healing sessions not as woo-woo, but as a part of one’s toolkit for well-being.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Attributes that are magical, abstract, woo-woo.
    Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That’s not some woo-woo philosophy, that’s a pathway back to your own human nature.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Get a little woo-woo Ideally, your home is a place of respite from all of the noise and stress from the outside world.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • Their movements become more spiteful than woo-woo, more sculpture than painting, more an argument than an idle thought.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • What makes consumers with nothing tangible to gain subscribe to woo-woo theories?
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Not to get woo-woo, but how has this experience shifted your own expectations for your career?
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Luz is no stranger to the woo-woo stuff many millennial Latinas partake in — limpias, sweat lodges, mushrooms, etc.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Somewhere in the middle of that woo-woo spectrum lies the work of Carlos Castaneda.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • No doubt there will be some who come to this show and walk away feeling like pre-sobriety Jeff, wondering what all the sentiment and woo-woo is about.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026
  • That’s not just another woo-woo wellness claim; it’s actually supported by science.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Despite skepticism from traditional health care providers, these newer businesses appeal to many types of people, not just the most woo-woo among us.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The Enneagram is a personality system, with a soupçon of woo-woo, that divides people into nine types.
    Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 20 June 2026
  • The song is propelled by Rodgers’s silvery guitar chatter; the lyrics swerve between party-hearty slogans and spiritual woo-woo.
    New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Services run from the more typical (deep-tissue massage; facials) to the slightly more woo-woo (hypnosis; reiki; past life regression).
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Kessell is careful not to assign a specific mental illness to Lottie, or to align her with any specific inspiration in the world of woo-woo wellness.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 May 2023
  • Or, less kindly, to paint her as a savvy opportunist who made millions from hawking a woo-woo fad, and whose teachings, once fairly benign, became increasingly dangerous over time.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • While many cities offer Friday-night dances (salsa, country swing, and Lindy hop are among the most popular), some towns host slightly more woo-woo offerings for the solstice.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 June 2025
  • That’s one honorific that’s typically reserved for the tropical climes of Florida or the woo-woo hippie towns of the West Coast.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2025

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