evil spirit
Example Sentences
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"The evil spirit of Handel's enchantress Alcina evidently infected one audience member at Tuesday's premiere of this new production," he wrote.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
But she confronts the evil spirit — literally, in her mind — and attempts to defeat it, only to be swallowed whole.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2022
This story of an evil spirit in Ojibwe folklore can only be spoken with snow on the ground as a layer of protection from the monster.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021
This is probably a bad idea in real life, but in The Night House, he’s on to something, because there actually is an evil spirit trying to get him to kill Beth.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2021
What foolish thing was he doing, walking like this under an open sky, with a beautiful man child for any evil spirit passing by chance through the air to see!
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
