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How to use witch in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Witch means a person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives. Example: “Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.”

Examples of witch by meaning

nounA person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict...

  • However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who were believed to achieve their power by making a blood pact with the Devil, sealed with their blood.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 106
  • Recently in Sydney we met a male witch who claimed that witchcraft was his full-time occupation.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 69
  • Several of the Leechbook recipes would have done credit to the witches in Macbeth.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000...

nounA person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.

  • To be considered a Witch of a particular tradition you will have to be initiated into that tradition by someone else within that tradition, after following their specific program of study.2013 November 8, Edain McCoy, If You Want to be a Witch: A Practical Introduction to the Craft, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN
  • For many neopagan witch traditions the moon is seen as both a symbol of the Goddess and of the witch's power, symbolically, and the belief is that the full moon is the best time for all acts of magic.2019 March 29, Trevor Greenfield, Pagan Portals - What is Modern Witchcraft?: Contemporary Developments in the Ancient Craft, John Hunt...

verbTo dowse for water.

  • And I told him there's a vein down there, I know 'caus I used to—uh, I went out here and witched one for this house, at the corner.1964, Hilda E. Webb, Water Witching and Other Folk Talents in the Neighborhood of Bloomington, Indiana
  • Nothing would make him shut up until I brought my dogwood stick into his office and witched for water.2006, Helen Ayers, Appalachian Daughter: The Exodus of the Mountaineers from Appalachia
  • I remember Don's builder came out and “witched” for a well.2010, C.J. Ott, True Stories: Memories, Musings, Odds and Ends

verbTo bewitch.

  • She has witched the Queen's womb long ago, and witched the whole harvest.1900, Gilbert Murray, Andromache: A Play in Three Acts
  • Said the sorcerer had found him in the stables and witched him.”2012, Carol Berg, The Daemon Prism: A Novel of the Collegia Magica, Penguin, →ISBN
  • “Maybe the Mormonhater witched him.2014, Charles L. McNichols, Crazy Weather, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN

More sentences with witch

  • Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.From the entry treat
  • The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.From the entry ride
  • The witch put a hex on me.From the entry put on
  • “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.From the entry magic
  • The witch laid a terrible curse on him.From the entry terrible
  • He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.From the entry potion
  • In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.From the entry maleficent
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:witches' stone.From the entry witches' stone
  • If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?From the entry herb
  • The way Green practices witchcraft defies stereotypes of broomstick-wielding, cauldron-toting, pointy-hatted witches.2024 October 26, Scottie Andrew, “Witches walk among us — but they’re not like the fictional ones you grew up with”, in CNN, archived from…. From the entry pagan
  • As a method of humiliation the witch was attached to a chain and paraded around in public.2024 June 4, Flavia Kate Peters, Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, 2025 Witch's Diary - Northern Hemisphere: Seasonal Planner to Reclaiming the…. From the entry witch's bridle
  • "I'd have to be a timdoodle to risk angerin' a witch."2024, Anna Lee Huber, A Deceptive Composition, page 200. From the entry timdoodle
  • Moral panics have existed since well before the Salem witch trials — perhaps the paradigm case.2023 June 29, Pamela Paul, “Do Not Panic. It’s Just a Moral Panic.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry moral panic
  • Whimsigothic fashion is heavily inspired by witches from pop culture, especially those from '90s movies and television.2022 June 27, Molly Capobianco, “Which Iconic '90s Witch Are You?”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 28 May 2023. From the entry whimsigothic
  • You might see the oddity of a “witch window” sideways by the peak of the pointy roof.2021 June 13, Jenay Zapparelli, The Book of Beautiful Feelings: Thee Quintessential Guide to Deliberate Creation, BookonFire Press, →ISBN…. From the entry witch window
  • And if you do not deny it, then you are a witch for sure.2020 June 26, Bruce Pardy, “Apocalyptic Science: How the West is Destroying Itself”, in Financial Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network…. From the entry kafkatrap
  • At the end of the room a witch window hung at an angle in the wall.2019 April 24, Peggy Chambers, Witches' Cliff, The Wild Rose Press Inc, →ISBN. From the entry witch window
  • In her mind, she’s Tyrannosaurus regina crossed with a medieval witch.2018, Ruth Hamilton, For the Love of Liverpool, Pan Books, published 2019, →ISBN. From the entry Tyrannosaurus regina
  • Killara residents are fed up with picking up fallen witches hats on Stanhope Road.2017 April 6, Rebecca Parish, “No agencies own up as Killara locals search for witches hats owner”, in The Daily Telegraph. From the entry witch's hat
  • Eighties witches were not the patchouli-dipped, lovebead-wearing, back-to-the-earth dreamers of the seventies.2015, Jennifer Crusie, Leah Wilson, Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three, →ISBN. From the entry dreamer
  • We’ve entered a spectacularly critical, witch hunty, finger pointy episode in the history of humanity.2015, Polly Vernon, “Feminist Fatigue, Fit Shame and FOGIW”, in Hot Feminist: Modern Feminism with Style without Judgement, London: Hodder…. From the entry finger pointy
  • Hedge riding may be part of the spell a hedge witch puts together.2014, Trevor Greenfield, Witchcraft Today - 60 Years On, John Hunt Publishing, unnumbered page. From the entry hedge riding
  • “Did you speak, child?” she whispered, as if she was a witch incanting a spell.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry incant
  • In your own words, what is drag or witch house music?2011 January 24, David Wicik, “Exorcising the Ghost: oOoOO breaks down the buzz about “drag””, in Newcity. From the entry drag
  • The contrary way is widdershins, the way in which the witches danced at the Sabbats.2011, Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense: The Classic Instruction Manual for Protecting Yourself Against Paranormal Attack, Weiser Books…. From the entry widdershins
  • These witches, the human antihumans, are the most prevalent and present evil in the world.2011, Magnus Course, Becoming Mapuche: Person and Ritual in Indigenous Chile, page 41. From the entry antihuman
  • Better be careful, witch, it sounds like he’s about to Avada Kedavra this relationship.2011 December 5, UWM Post, volume 56, number 13, Milwaukee, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. From the entry Avada Kedavra
  • Thus life nourishes death and as the witch died so did she.2010, Chris Worth, “Chapter Six: Voodoo Bile”, in Captain Jeans and the Quest for Keith, storywrite.com. From the entry begive
  • A stone cold witch known as Utroka the Keymistress holds on tight to that thing.2010 November 23, World of Warcraft, v4.0.3a, Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, →OCLC, “Jorgensen” quest. From the entry keymistress

Meaning of witch

  1. noun A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.
  2. noun A person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.
  3. noun An ugly or unpleasant woman.

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Questions about witch in a sentence

How do you use witch in a sentence?
Witch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.”
What is a short sentence with witch?
““Maybe the Mormonhater witched him.”
What does witch mean?
Witch means a person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.

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