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
But, though the natives have never discovered this for themselves, they do not, as in other diseases, attempt to explain yaws as the work of a malignant spirit.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
He brooded over his ill-fortune till his blood was tinctured with acid and his heart soured; a malignant spirit spread its dark wings over him.
From Sketches of the Covenanters by McFeeters, J. C.
There was little in it," he replied, in a rebuked but cold and malignant spirit; "I didn't think you were so violent.
From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
There is nothing far-fetched in the native superstition that puts a malignant spirit in the wind; it is the most natural feeling in the world.
From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson
