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

"All of a sudden someone blows some magic dust, the passes start to stick and are a bit sharper," said Jones.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2022

But for this to get over the bar with Ms. Erickson, you’d need to prove that an upgraded machine had some magic dust zapper that did not exist in other appliances.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2022

I will likely not come into any Didion relics and the magic dust they convey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

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

From L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas by Milton, John