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
He seemed to be a most malignant spirit.
From The Mandarin's Fan by Hume, Fergus
As the multitude surged onward toward the Jaffa gate, a cobbler named Ahasuerus, as if moved by a malignant spirit, thrust his foot before the prisoner, who stumbled thereat and fell.
From The Centurion's Story by Burrell, David James
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
