dybbuk

Example Sentences

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“She is dealing with the death of her father and her mother’s depression — and then there’s a wandering spirit or dybbuk that is ornery and disruptive,” said Higuera.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

Polish director Marcin Wrona, who wrote the movie with Pawel Maslona, has thoroughly reconceptualized the mythology of the dybbuk for 21st-century Eastern Europe.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2016

By the time the newlyweds are dancing in the farmhouse barn, surrounded by raucously celebrating, progressively drunk family and friends, the dybbuk has crashed the party.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016

Human remains and the presence of a dybbuk unnerve an Englishman when he arrives in rural Poland to marry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2016

“But you said the dybbuk did not trust the boy, yes? If I were you, I would maybe ask why.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny