How to Use sorceress in a Sentence

sorceress

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  • The sorceress’s spell is broken, and the Beast turns back into the Prince.
    — Anna Fitzpatrick, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2017
  • The Pagan's third leader has one of the most obvious names in the bunch: Circe, the sorceress from The Odyssey.
    — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • That's Circeo as in Circe — the mountain was believed to be the place where the nymph-sorceress was exiled.
    — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022
  • Consider the tenth book in Homer’s Odyssey, when Odysseus’ men arrive at the house of the sorceress Circe.
    — Martin Aitken, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The film follows a modern-day sorceress who has the power to make men fall in love with her.
    — Linda Kessler, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Miller is a classics scholar and brings that knowledge to imagine the life of Circe, who was a sorceress.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
  • And of course there’s a love story with a sorceress named Yennefer (Anya Chalotra).
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2019
  • And then, in walks the sorceress Sycorax, mother of Caliban.
    — Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
  • In a darker, sorceress-like shot, his mother stands in the woods in an emerald green frock with sneakers.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Morgana was told that her destiny would lead her to become the greatest sorceress of all time.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 18 July 2020
  • The story will center on Geralt, a princess named Ciri and a sorceress named Yennefer.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Echoes of the legend raise the question of whether the lance buried with the woman at Gerdrup was actually a sorceress’ staff.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
  • In it, the soldiers of the Black Company are in the service of a mysterious sorceress known as the Lady.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2018
  • They group soon becomes wrapped up in a great conflict with a sorceress trying to compress time.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 11 June 2019
  • Appearing in the flashback, Waddingham plays the Mother Witch, the sorceress who ties the young Sanderson sisters to the black flame candle.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Kim dripping wet, Kim and her sisters, Kim as sculpture, Kim naked bending a knee, Kim as a sorceress from the future.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 8 July 2022
  • The child’s name is Sirse, a twist on Circe, a Greek sorceress who turned her enemies into animals.
    — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The story is about a queen, desperate to fulfill her love, who hires a powerful and feared sorceress named Gray Alys.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Perkins is a poetic sorceress whose authorial wand wafts over the pages of her book and gently probes the depths of children’s souls.
    — Ellen Handler Spitz, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • The leader of a band of desert mercenaries is hired to kill a ruthless despot and his clairvoyant sorceress.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Then all sorts of witch mayhem ensues, and Agatha reunites with some old sorceress pals to regain her power.
    — Michaela Zee, Variety, 8 July 2024
  • When Princess Calla’s sister is put into an endless sleep by an evil sorceress, Calla goes on a perilous journey to save her and the kingdom.
    — Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • As to returning players Davis and Joanne Whalley, as Sorsha — daughter of the movie’s evil sorceress/queen and now a queen herself — time has been kind to them.
    — cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And rather than sorceresses or dragons, the gatecrasher of this tale is none other than the global spectacle that is the Olympic games.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 26 July 2024
  • The question is whether Vittoria will turn her against her parents, will take possession of her like a fairy-tale sorceress.
    — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • What happened to Oliveira, the Brazilian sorceress, remains a mystery.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Made of amethyst, bone, faience, glass, turquoise, and umber, and including phallic amulets, scarabs, a woman, a dancing satyr, and a head of Dionysus, they are thought to be the treasure box of a sorceress.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Melinda, a powerful sorceress, Seng, a cosmic monk, and Edred, a warrior elf.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The first Enchantress was a powerful Asgardian sorceress named Amora who is one of Thor’s main enemies in the comics.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 June 2021

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