evil eye

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil eye
Noun
  • Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After two weeks, the pox usually began to scab.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Maybe Samsung will work some software voodoo and make that smaller battery last longer.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The victims, many of them elderly, were accused of using voodoo to harm the gang leader’s son.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The following list contains killer robots, talking cats, deadly curses and period crime dramas.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The 18-inch model leaves a cavernous space beneath the bed that can accommodate several tote-style storage containers—which could be a blessing or a curse depending on the usual state of your bedroom floor.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Goalkeeper Begovic returned to Everton last summer, having had a stint with the club between 2021 and 2023 and making 10 appearances across both spells.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • Not in the books or in the spells that characters cast.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
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“Evil eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil%20eye. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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