cast a spell on
Example Sentences
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Years ago, when they were feeling lost and directionless and leaning too heavily on their vices, Edgar Fabián Frías cast a spell on themself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Last weekend, that wizard cast a spell on Michigan State — dizzying the Spartans with a whopping seven pre-snap shifts on a particular play.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2022
Wandering through the wooded park today, it is easy to see how the place must have cast a spell on Olmstead and the city officials who argued for its purchase.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
Three years after his death, Gcabashe returned to the singer's hometown, claiming he had been kidnapped by a witchdoctor who had cast a spell on him and held him in a cave with zombies.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2016
“And if someone tries to cast a spell on me, the force of my ancestral spirits will cast it right back.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
