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• For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.From the entry storey
• Tabooistic modifications to names of animals are common in animistic or otherwise highly superstitious cultures.From the entry tabooistic
• The superstitious king tried to solve his problems numerologically.From the entry numerologically
• Their conversations had become more fearful, even superstitious in the past month.2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024. From the entry settle one's account
• They are just as superstitious as some mudkickers who believe in any kind of signs.2011, David Maurer, The Big Con, →ISBN. From the entry mudkicker
• Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.2008, Richard Blake, Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights & Psalm-singers. From the entry Jonah
• Being superstitious was common among a lot of the military. . . .2005, Ron Greer and Mike Wicks, Fire from the Sky: A diary over Japan (2013 iUniverse edition), p. 184 (Google preview). From the entry a bad penny always turns up
• It has produced superstitious enthusiasts, harebrained vagarians, who have brought the most sacred things into contempt.1907, The Methodist Review Quarterly - Volume 56, page 715. From the entry vagarian
• I am not superstitious, but it has frightened me.” “Nor am I superstitious,” she said, laughing.1900 April 12, Bertha M. Clay, “Repented at Leisure”, in Wood County Reporter, Grand Rapids, Wis.: A. L. Fontaine. From the entry passion-flower
• The Khek are a very superstitious people.2020, Vincent Hancock, Legends of the Dragonfly: Fighting the Communists During the Malaya Emergency, 1947-1960, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry Khek
• He was not superstitious about his secret.2014, Jim Heynen, “Keeping One’s Secret”, in Ordinary Sins: After Theophrastus, Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry urinator
• Folklorists claim that the superstitious belief that opening an umbrella indoors augurs misfortune has a more recent and utilitarian origin.1989, Charles Panati, “From Superstition”, in Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things (Perennial Library), New York, N.Y.…. From the entry frangible
• Latha dear, she said resolutely, once in your life you'll just have to quit being so all-fired superstitious.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug, published 2005, page 32. From the entry all-fired
• You’re as superstitious as my father, who, if he had his way, would have my neck ajingle with his holy medals.1947, Seán O’Casey, Oak Leaves and Lavender, New York: Macmillan, act 2, page 83. From the entry ajingle
• But there are few Etneans who have not a superstitious regard for the terrible and beautiful mountain—as well they may.1903 April, The Land of Theocritus, “The Land of Theocritus”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 106, number 635, page 802. From the entry Etnean
• The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", →ISBN, page 10. From the entry evangelist
• It is in so far as chance does exist in the physical, as opposed to mental world, that Freud distinguishes himself from a superstitious person.1991 [1990], John Forrester, The Seductions of Psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan and Derrida, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry Augustinian
• All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose.1970, Leslie Waller, chapter 8, in The American: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60. From the entry okay
• The village belief that El Tepozteco is the son of Mary is no longer held and is regarded as backward and superstitious in the city.1952 July, Oscar Lewis, “Urbanization without Breakdown: A Case Study”, in The Scientific Monthly, volume 75, number 1, →JSTOR, page 37. From the entry Tepozteco
• What I do regret is the non-intelligent and almost superstitious way in which baptism is still regarded by many of our people.1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, page 31. From the entry terminus ad quem
• Until her death Marie maintained that it was she and a few other fun-loving and lively girls who had started the spookings at the expense of the superstitious sisters.1981, Selecta: Journal of the PNCFL, page 106. From the entry spooking
• Naturally, I believed in hants and ghosts and “thangs.” Having been raised by a super-religious Southern Negro grandmother, it would have been abnormal had I not been superstitious.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 140. From the entry hant
• At Belynges Parva Alice Fynne is charged with using 'magical art,' for when Andrew her husband died, he asserted that his death was due to her superstitious art.1924, Claude Jenkins, “Cardinal Morton's Register”, in R[obert] W[illiam] Seton-Watson, editor, Tudor Studies presented by the Board of…. From the entry compurgatrix

Meaning of superstitious

1. adjective Susceptible to superstitions.
2. adjective Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
3. adjective Overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous.

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Questions about superstitious in a sentence

How do you use superstitious in a sentence?

Superstitious is used as an adjective. For example: “For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.”

What is a short sentence with superstitious?

“All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose.”

What does superstitious mean?

Superstitious means susceptible to superstitions.