healer

Example Sentences

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I think he should have stuck with the story — he was portraying himself as a doctor because he’s a healer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Fan delivered what some critics hailed as a breakthrough performance with her portrayal of a widowed farmer and ritual healer in "Mother Bhumi", a far cry from her usual glamorous roles.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

His personas include Dylanesque poet, Elvis-influenced rocker, high-energy bandleader, acoustic folk hero, musical faith healer, Broadway showman and, just in the last few years, country storyteller and soul crooner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

On the big screen, she captivated audiences with her role as a sangoma, or traditional healer, in the 2004 Oscar-nominated South African film Yesterday.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

She was being extra clever, she knew, changing the sex of the sufferer, just in case the healer had heard of the woman in the cave.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman