sorceress

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Her winking yet bone-chilling turn as a great aunt and better soul-sucking sorceress in “Weapons” has brought Amy Madigan her second Academy Award nomination and the most focused attention in career.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Elphaba, in contrast, is a naturally talented sorceress whose green skin led her father to reject her from the moment she was born.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

The pattern across the jersey is inspired by a fifth-century BC vase attributed to Persephone, which depicts Ulysses and the sorceress Circe in Homer's Odyssey.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024

The title figure is a formidable sorceress who ends up falling in love with one of the victims she keeps on her fantastical island.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

“I worked with the sorceress Circe for many years. I know a returned soul when I see one. When did you die, Hazel—Nineteen twenty? Nineteen thirty?”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan