as in mystic
impossible to prove, understand, or explain by either the senses or intelligence
Survivors of near-death experiences sometimes report mystical visions of the afterlife.
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Recent Examples of mystical
Together, they’re prompted by that mystical, magical GPS to seek out a series of doors to nowhere.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
My spin on my outfit was to be elegant, dressy, and mystical.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
Being human means never quite shaking our curiosity about the profound and the mystical.
—Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
But thankfully, there’s a matchmaker, in the form of a mystical rental-car agency.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
My spin on my outfit was to be elegant, dressy, and mystical.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
Being human means never quite shaking our curiosity about the profound and the mystical.
—Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
But thankfully, there’s a matchmaker, in the form of a mystical rental-car agency.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mystical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystical
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Despite some promising high-concept notions such as an intergalactic federation, mystic beings, parasitic species, a sentient interstellar craft, and Slipstream FTL quantum mechanics, seemingly inevitable creative differences arose as the show progressed.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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In Completedworks’ spring 2026 presentation, the Texan actor and model took the stage as Miss Edie Grey, a television clairvoyant and mystic extraordinaire that can trace the history of objects with her magical touch.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Sep. 2025
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With Mercury and later the sun in Scorpio, your communication sector becomes supercharged, heightening your psychic receptivity and investigative nature.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The understanding of this sonic landscape soon began to be embodied knowledge across the society once the war started, sinking into inhabitants’ psychic lives.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The 1960 movie — powered by Bernard Herrmann's chilling score, Anthony Perkins' unnerving portrayal of hotel manager Norman Bates (for the movie, much younger than the character in Bloch's novel) and Hitchcock's uncanny showmanship — revolutionized the horror genre.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Since signing to Matador, the band has sharpened its sound into a quirky, exhilarated alt-pop, too uncanny to be dance-punk and too lively to be slacker rock.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Set against the backdrop of the Mediterranean at the height of summer, the erotic thriller follows Calvin Wells (Funk), a charismatic conman who sets his sights on Katrine Winters (Meadow Williams), a mysterious billionaire widow.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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For an event celebrating a dark and mysterious being, the vibe is surprisingly uplifting.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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And above all, Daniel Craig‘s Benoit Blanc is back to get to the bottom of another seemingly unexplainable murder mystery.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The nature of the evil that brought darkness and death into that Catholic church this week is unexplainable.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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And then there is the influx of grief horror, stories that take all of the complicated and difficult-to-reconcile emotions of grief and use supernatural horror to enhance the terror.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Dagda is the chief of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a pantheon of supernatural beings.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Mystical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystical. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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