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Recent Examples of sorceress
She’s never actually played a magical sorceress, a character that potentially has been alive for hundreds of years, who is cursed to grant people wishes, knowing that those wishes won’t really deliver what people want.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025
In the production, Williams plays the sorceress Viola Van Horn.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 23 Nov. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025
In the production, Williams plays the sorceress Viola Van Horn.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorceress
Noun
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As the five soon discover, there’s a seemingly endless array of things that want to kill them, from witches and wendigos to parasitic worms and a kaiju-sized monster in the woods.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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There are cybernetic monstrosities like Darth Vader and General Grievous and witches like the Nightsisters.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lorre and Karloff also play sorcerers, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo and Dr. Scarabus, respectively, while Nicholson is Rexford Bedlo, the son of Lorre’s character.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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The movie is about a young man with magical powers who travels to his uncle with the request to fight his sorcerer father.—
Claire Moses,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorceress. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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