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
He is a most malignant spirit, and his delight is in destroying souls.
From Elsie at Nantucket by Finley, Martha
Bruce himself wondered if the malignant spirit of Slim was lingering on the river to harry him as he had in life.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
The citizens, maddened by outrage, became more and more obstinate in their resistance; while the Duke seemed to regard the ruin he had caused with a malignant spirit scarcely human.
From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Nothing was said about the malignant spirit beyond the fact that it was someone "haunting" Henry Halifax.
From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine
