magic dust

Example Sentences

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“I don’t know what magic dust they sprinkled across the group, but since then, things have gone like clockwork,” Hunter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

In the final movement of the suite, “The Fairy Garden,” that followed, Ravel sprinkles melodic magic dust over everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2023

"This is my magic dust," he says with a smile, gently rubbing them between his fingers.

From BBC • May 20, 2023

Though there must be a hidden method, it cannot be perceived; it is supplanted by a “magical gesture,” like the sprinkling of magic dust.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

When once her eye Hath met the virtue of this magic dust 165 I shall appear some harmless villager, Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear.

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John