Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil eye
Noun
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The opioid crisis is a pox on our house and needs to be solved before the winter freeze hits.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
12 Nov. 2025 -
For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Events invented so people could look bad (during the voodoo weddings at ExoTiki 2000, the Cacophonists threw raw, rancid chicken entrails at each other) are now used as a backdrop for people to showcase their interesting lives.—
Chuck Palahniuk,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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But beneath this viral joke among African Americans lurks a hidden history of slavery, voodoo, and rebellion.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In part, this is just a curse of timing for the tournaments being played.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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In Jujutsu Kaisen, heroic jujutsu sorcerers wage war against demonic creatures called curses and the curse users, who wield jujutsu powers for evil.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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During this spell, Boland barely gave a thing away.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Lydia Ko went through such a spell.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Evil eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil%20eye. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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