How to Use the occult in a Sentence

the occult

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  • Robert Eggers is continuing his cult films of the occult.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Gogo Akopyan turned her hobby studying the occult into a business three years ago, and now gives readings for up to $150.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Born and raised in Glendale, Akopyan, 32, has been studying astrology and the occult for more than 10 years.
    — Emerson Drewes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • When ‘Witchcraft’ comes, there’s that eastern-y lead sound, which feels like an incantation or the occult.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 June 2023
  • Here are three cognitive biases that play a role in guiding our belief in the occult.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Thinking the occult expert cum horror star and the high priest would be simpatico, Davis hosted a dinner party that went off the rails.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • This is a magic club in Salem, a city long associated with witches, black magic, and the occult.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • And when a worse fate befalls Owen, Richard and Juliette retreat into themselves — and into the occult — in separate ways.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Rose was a professor of something (the occult?), burnt out on the cycle of publish or perish — a life that encouraged her and her colleagues to make more noise than meaning.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
  • My inexplicable interest in vampires, ghosts and the occult prompted tías to pray over me.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There were display ads scattered throughout from a publisher specializing in the occult, and a full-page promotion for a book about the joys of nitrous oxide.
    — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Gordon’s most noteworthy casting was surely Orson Welles, who has a penchant for the occult in the horror flick Necromancy.
    — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Numerology is defined as the study of the occult significance of numbers.
    — Francesca Murdaca, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Rumors have haunted the place for years, its owner a titan of American industry, with a strange fascination in the occult and the paranormal.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Finally, McDonnell had to put the whole package in the language of the physical sciences to avoid any unfortunate connection with the occult.
    — Susan Lahey, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Some are more realistic and creepy while others dabble in the occult, but all are literary and compelling—the best of both worlds, especially during spooky season.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
  • The result is a mysterious film that dabbles in the occult and has been engaging audiences at festival stops like South by Southwest and Overlook.
    — William Earl, Variety, 19 July 2024
  • Indiana Jones can be called a lot of things — professor of archeology, expert on the occult, obtainer of rare antiquities — but hero is not one of them.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 June 2023
  • Season 1 is undoubtedly the best, a cryptic and chilly serial killer thriller with dashes of the occult and supernatural.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Over the past few months, a twisted killer, a nonagenarian avenger and a talk show host with a deadly interest in the occult have reinvigorated an indie film business that had been in a prolonged slump.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But dual interests in the scientific discoveries of her time and the mysteries of the spiritual world drove her toward the occult.
    — Zachary Small, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Any student of the occult understands the power of identifying demonic names.
    — TIME, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Her interest in mysteries and the occult began in the metaphysical section at her local Borders.
    — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
  • Beyond minor disagreements, like Ashley’s dog sleeping in their bed, the two have argued about Manuel’s secrecy and whether Ashley will be a part of his children’s lives, as well as her belief in the occult and how explosive reactions.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Teens in a small-town metal band decide to capitalize on the interest in the occult when the star high school quarterback goes missing, leading to them getting blamed for a rash of murders, kidnappings and assorted strange goings-on.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The plot follows pop culture journalist, Jack Sparks, a supernatural sceptic who is making a documentary about the occult.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
  • An introduction, conversation and perhaps goodbye to Genesis P-Orridge, who left an astounding and provocative legacy on the worlds of music, art, performance, religion and the occult.
    — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The story follows titular pop culture journalist, Jack Sparks, a supernatural skeptic who is making a documentary about the occult.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Inspired by motherhood, the occult, and photography itself, the images in Denny’s new photo series, Spellwork, pair flowers with artifacts from daily life to otherworldly effect.
    — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Everyone's favorite Professor of Archaeology, expert on the occult, and obtainer of rare antiquities is back in action.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023

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