occult

Example Sentences

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Watching women fight off the arms of the occult has a clock on it.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The museum sells occult essentials, cursed antiques and movie merchandise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

"You have an entire landscape of uncertainty and vulnerability and you have this 1,000-year-old tapestry of spells and medicines and occult knowledge that just has seeped into the Burmese consciousness."

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

To stop Mocata from using Simon to bring about an apocalypse, Rex and the Duke enlist their own occult knowledge against evil spirits, mind-control, demonic horses and the Devil himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

There were long, dark alleyways between the historical buildings, hidden paths, secret entrances, and a few unsavory occult shops where only the most mysterious villagers seemed to congregate.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega