black magic
Example Sentences
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“It was like magic the first time we sang together. Like some black magic voodoo sort of vibes,” Evan added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
The musicians metamorphosed into their final form: Adopting the name Black Sabbath, after a low-budget Boris Karloff film of the same name, they started writing lyrics that dabbled in death, black magic and mental illness.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
And in a significant departure, Wainwright dabbles in the supernatural: Her heroine, the commoner Nell Jackson, can summon otherworldly strength and agility to battle the black magic wielded by her higher-born foes.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
“Could it be a genie, could be black magic? We’ll never know.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023
His eyes reminded me of a description of a gigantic Egyptian eye that was found in one of the pyramids I read about in a book on black magic.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
