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
This spectre was supposed to be an old man, or malignant spirit, who directed, and ruled over, the mountain torrents.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias
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
As I do not value my malignant spirit at any price, I decline for the present to avail myself of this opportunity to be relieved of it.
From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter
A change came over the face of Haines—one that transformed his rather handsome features into those of a malignant spirit.
From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)
