evil eye
Example Sentences
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Depictions of roses, a skull, a goat and a Santería evil eye dance around them, illuminated in sepia spotlights and looking like they could have come straight from a deck of tarot cards.
From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023
Roberts disingenuously implies that colleges and universities, like Yick Wo’s persecutors, discriminate “with an evil eye and an unequal hand.”
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023
It keeps the evil eye away from you.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022
"We recite Koranic verses and blow on him to cast away the evil eye," he told AFP.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022
A sachet of magic powders to ward off the evil eye when I go to the capital.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
