Examples of sorceress in a Sentence
asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village
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The short story centers a sorceress (Jovovich) who must travel to the dangerous Lost Lands alongside her guide (Bautista) to find a magical power that allows someone to transform into a werewolf.
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Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
After decades of feeding little girls to a magical snake to maintain her youthful complexion, Esther, a local sorceress who was granted the gift (or curse?) of eternal life but not eternal youth, has set her sights on an even more powerful elixir.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
That song, though, is one of the album’s best — a thunderous collaboration with the pop sorceress Florence Welch, who blows in like a gust of fresh air and allows Swift to harness a more theatrical and dynamic aesthetic.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
To get herself out of trouble, Zhen distracts Po with word of a treacherous sorceress, the Chameleon, voiced by Viola Davis.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
Then, as an adult on the throne, she’s revered by her people both as a ruler and as a sorceress, and this fearsome reputation proves strategically important.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Salem also portrayed the evil sorceress Belor on the 1981-82 ITV kids series Into the Labyrinth and the organized crime family member Joanne Francis on the BBC soap Eastenders for two seasons (1988-89).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
Meanwhile, an evil sorceress (Viola Davis) plans to re-summon all the master villains Po has conquered in his past.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
After decades of feeding little girls to a magical snake to maintain her youthful complexion, Esther, a local sorceress who was granted the gift (or curse?) of eternal life but not eternal youth, has set her sights on an even more powerful elixir.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
That song, though, is one of the album’s best — a thunderous collaboration with the pop sorceress Florence Welch, who blows in like a gust of fresh air and allows Swift to harness a more theatrical and dynamic aesthetic.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
To get herself out of trouble, Zhen distracts Po with word of a treacherous sorceress, the Chameleon, voiced by Viola Davis.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
Then, as an adult on the throne, she’s revered by her people both as a ruler and as a sorceress, and this fearsome reputation proves strategically important.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Salem also portrayed the evil sorceress Belor on the 1981-82 ITV kids series Into the Labyrinth and the organized crime family member Joanne Francis on the BBC soap Eastenders for two seasons (1988-89).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
Meanwhile, an evil sorceress (Viola Davis) plans to re-summon all the master villains Po has conquered in his past.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorceress. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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sorceress
noun
sor·cer·ess
ˈsȯrs-(ə-)rəs 
: a woman who practices sorcery : witch
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