healers

Example Sentences

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But the way it tethers its bruised healers to the human condition’s laws of gravity is potent medicine for coping.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Women were not the only nonphysician healers of the Renaissance, and good thing, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

It leads many bite victims to seek care from traditional healers, meaning cases often go unrecorded.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

"When we got intelligence that there is a particular dangerous witchdoctor operating a shrine, we will work with the traditional healers," said an officer on the raid, Assistant Superintendent Aliu Jallo.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

I come from a country where people are more likely to visit sangomas—shamans, traditional healers, pejoratively known as witch doctors—than they are to visit doctors of Western medicine.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah