witchlike
Example Sentences
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Walking down a brightly lighted factory floor, Graham inspected rows of heavy Vampire bomber drones—known to Russian troops as “Baba Yaga,” after witchlike figures in Slavic folklore—and smaller Shrike attack drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But with Petrenko a tall, animated presence on the podium — bouncing up and down, shimmying, and hypnotically curling the long fingers of his left hand, witchlike — it was a pleasant evening.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
Some flashback scenes with fiery dragons and a witchlike villain may be scary for younger or more sensitive viewers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2021
Along comes the witchlike image of Vittoria to embody every teenager’s ambivalent urge to blow up their complacent home.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2020
Withered witchlike hags flitted around the blaze, and here for hour after hour sat a circle of children and young girls, laughing and talking, their round merry faces glowing in the ruddy light.
From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Parkman, Francis
