How to Use witchcraft in a Sentence

witchcraft

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  • It is bound up with witchcraft, the underworld, night-time and the far side of the Moon.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020
  • They are redeemed not from the sin of witchcraft, but rather from their own greed and pride.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Legacy: In 1996 witchcraft was niche and taboo, and the film reflects that.
    — Kim Wong-Shing, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2020
  • At least half a dozen books on witchcraft have been released in the past six months alone.
    — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 11 June 2019
  • Along the Fife Coastal Path, three plaques note the 380 people accused of witchcraft.
    — Joseph Prezioso, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The book caused witch-hunts and trials in Europe, where witchcraft was a crime.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • In 1878, Salem was back in the news with what seems to be the last witchcraft trial in the nation, though a judge dismissed the charges.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The process sounds like wine grape growing combined with a bit of witchcraft.
    — Chris MacIas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • What is your take on her thoughts about or beliefs in witchcraft?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • For example, this isn't the first time a group of women has turned to witchcraft as a form of protest.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Soon the subject of inquiry turns away from witchcraft.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Both of them practiced witchcraft, and each put hexes on the other’s claim.
    — Heidi Julavit, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
  • In the new film, witchcraft is just a tool that can be used as its practitioners see fit.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • He was once convicted of witchcraft and was one of the most traveled people of his day.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 Mar. 2018
  • This new Back Bay hotspot, which opened in April, is named after and inspired by the Greek goddess of ghosts and witchcraft.
    — Joy Ashford, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
    — Valerie Kivelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2022
  • Of those convicted of witchcraft, 19 were hanged and 4 others died in prison.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Physicians often agreed a death was the result of witchcraft.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • My mother taught me [witchcraft] was the most natural thing in the world but private.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • But long before there was a school of witchcraft and wizardry, there was the Magic Castle.
    — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
  • And then there was going to be a case involving witchcraft.
    — WIRED, 15 Sep. 2022
  • If witchcraft gets added to the next Winter Olympics, Rippon will get the gold easily.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 17 Feb. 2018
  • When fighting for freedom, the NRA doesn’t get involved in witchcraft.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 17 June 2018
  • The audience members are the ones on trial for witchcraft in this event, which transports them back to 1692Salem.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021
  • Thus Tituba became one of the first people accused of witchcraft in Salem.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Picking the Vikings to win at Chicago in prime time goes against whatever witchcraft the Bears have been using the past 16 years or so.
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Her own 11-year-old daughter accused her of witchcraft.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The claim of the foundational doctrine of Marxism to be a science was pure witchcraft.
    — David Pryce-Jones, National Review, 28 Apr. 2020
  • When his mother was taken to hell by the demon Mephisto for her witchcraft, the young Doom sought to better himself to bring her back.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Even in her early 30s, Samayoa retains a carefree approach toward witchcraft.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024

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