1
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hag
Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.
—
Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
But when the island’s prince is kidnapped, an unlikely alliance of an ogre, hag, wizard and fey will have only days to sneak around London to save him.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
On the flipside is the hag: unattractive, withered and unpleasant.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
But any kinship with the master storyteller dissolves when the movie makes an abrupt swerve midway into witchy hag horror but fails to bolster that turn with compelling mythology.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025
Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
But when the island’s prince is kidnapped, an unlikely alliance of an ogre, hag, wizard and fey will have only days to sneak around London to save him.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
On the flipside is the hag: unattractive, withered and unpleasant.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
But any kinship with the master storyteller dissolves when the movie makes an abrupt swerve midway into witchy hag horror but fails to bolster that turn with compelling mythology.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025
Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hag
Noun
-
Egg carton witches on popsicle stick brooms littered the craft table no matter the season.—
Christa Carmen,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
-
In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
There on the bare table sat Sister Wang, naked, like a crone from a tale.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
-
Lisa is dancing the Godmother, a kind of a midwife crone who puts other people before herself, always beside them.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
The 2025 list of extinctions includes a bird, a shrew and a species of snail, among others.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
-
The shrew is one of these mammals, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hag. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share