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witch

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verb

archaic

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Recent Examples of witch
Noun
Local truffles are also on sale, not pungent but neither pricey and historically called devil’s mushroom by those who considered them as food for witches. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 The original 1998 movie, which was directed by Griffin Dunne and grossed more than $47 million stateside, followed two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, who are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from finding lasting love. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 May 2025
Verb
The star also covered her trees with lights, fake cobwebs and witches hats, added piles of orange and white pumpkins and set up a candy dispenser display for the kiddos. Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024 Lilia follows a creepy girl in a dress through the house, only to find ghoulish undead witches leering at her. Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for witch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch
Noun
  • Gunn described his vision for Luthor as a sorcerer of science, not necessarily a mad one.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 May 2025
  • Nicolas Cage dons the wizard's robes as the centuries-old sorcerer Balthazar Blake, with Jay Baruchel starring as his college-age protégé.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Nearby, pixelated foxes darted between guests—each one logged in from across the world, dressed in custom skins as forest druids and rogue mages.
    Margaux Blanchard, Wired News, 7 May 2025
  • In addition, some mages have a unique ability tied to their soul, called a Codex.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Curry was charmed by Edwards’ inner Antness, that combination of swagger and soul that has All-NBA players like Randle, Towns and Gobert enthusiastically giving in to his gravitational pull.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Here’s a two-in-one shelf and coat rack that oozes charm thanks to the playful scalloped detail outlining each hook.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The sorceress then attempts to persuade him by exploiting his fear of death.
    Sofia Giannuzzi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
  • And the villains, of course, exuding every nastily relatable emotion; the stepmothers and sorceresses are vain, arrogant, dismissive, lonely, rude, and outrageous.
    Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Play games and enjoy performances from magicians and jump rope aficionados at Animation Courtyard at Hollywood Studios, and the Big Top Bash over at Storybook Circus at the Magic Kindom is a full fledged dance party with stilt walkers and jugglers.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 16 May 2025
  • In a nod to Chicago’s long history of bartender magicians, bars will be set up as much for trickery as for cocktails.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Fahy is a lot of fun playing against recent type as a blue-collar woman who has zero interest in the glamorous, opulent world that so fascinates her sister.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
  • Written by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong, the first-ever inside account of the Supreme Court fascinated her.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The wizard with the task of pulling this off indoors is Al Zaabi.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Sophie sets out to find a way of lifting the curse and goes to the wizard Howl's castle.
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 10 May 2025

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