hocus

Example Sentences

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“What he did for those 20 hours is hocus pocus,” Richards said in urging jurors to reject consideration of the image.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

It will be revealed that Bran is both Brandon the Wall Builder and the Night King by some time travel Three-Eyed Raven hocus pocus.

From The Guardian • May 1, 2019

It knows it’s always being upstaged by the hocus pocus of its own medium.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2016

Or you could say it was an unintended pulling back of the curtain on all the hocus pocus that goes into healthcare costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2016

Secrecy, mystery, all manner of childish hocus pocus, were used to establish these primitive ideas; and the weight of that black past is upon its yet.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins