WITCHCRAFT in a Sentence

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1. They believe in the evil eye, and in witchcraft and omens, while we.
2. At first the Hurons believed the Delaware had been thus deformed by witchcraft.
3. 'And I will tell you of all the wicked witchcraft that Circe will try to practice upon you.

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witchcraft
 n.  the art of sorcery; the practice of magic, especially black magic
Classic Sentence:
1  "The little baggage hath witchcraft in her, I profess," said he to Mr. Dimmesdale.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
2  There was witchcraft in little Pearl's eyes; and her face, as she glanced upward at the minister, wore that naughty smile which made its expression frequently so elvish.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
3  They believe in the evil eye, and in witchcraft and omens, while we.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 14
4  'And I will tell you of all the wicked witchcraft that Circe will try to practice upon you.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
5  At first the Hurons believed the Delaware had been thus deformed by witchcraft.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
6  He ought to have been clapping his hands and stamping his feet on the bank, instead of which he was hard at work, a thrall to strange witchcraft, full of improving knowledge.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
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