malignant spirit
Example Sentences
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Alongside his wife, Lorraine, he works as a paranormal investigator, and this is hardly his first tête-à-tête with a malignant spirit.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2021
She was, besides, a paramour to the Red Rapparee, and he attributed much of her dark and ill-boding prophecy to a hostile and malignant spirit.
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
Their father has accepted from a malignant spirit the gift of wealth, but each time that the gift is bestowed some great affliction follows.
From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith
Revenge, too, how dost thou, malignant spirit, fall into the trap thou hast thyself laid, as will be soon seen!
From The Seven Champions of Christendom by Kingston, William Henry Giles
If Dick had deliberately planned to tempt him, he had chosen the time well; and if he had not done it deliberately, there must have been a malignant spirit abroad that day.
From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.
