incantation

Example Sentences

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Under Egypt’s steady hand, each zip of a record sounded like an incantation.

From Los Angeles Times

The culprit for the incantation was the image of the now emblematic Pale Man from “Pan’s Labyrinth,” flaunting eyes on his palms on the back cover of the DVD.

From Los Angeles Times

Chef Anne Burrell had a way of turning instruction into incantation.

From Salon

And, in a concession to modernity, as well as holding up feathers in a blessing for the King, the elder was reading his incantations from an iPhone.

From BBC

Now, it sounds more like a utopian incantation: read it aloud three times on a hill under moonlight and perhaps it will come true.

From Salon