broomstick

It’s friendly magic, the sort that lets you ride around on a broomstick instead of the kind that splits your soul into a bunch of little pieces.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025

The staging of the former’s broomstick flights is “Top Gun” for tween girls, and her castle in the sky is a strangely scary redoubt somewhere between Tim Burton and a German Expressionist film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Rather than buying a broomstick in Diagon Alley, it is store-bought PVC pipes players use to hold between their legs.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025

“She grabs that broomstick, flies up and sings, ‘It’s me’ because she’s realized she’s doing it to heal herself and save herself,” added Chu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

They each seized a broomstick and kicked off into the air, soaring into the midst of the cloud of keys.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

“Those guys are enormous and they’re fast. Again, we can practice with guys that have broomsticks attached to their hands. This is going to be new for us in some ways.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

Their thinking about Ohlone cuisine has evolved: pastas harken back to Medina’s Sicilian great-great-great grandfather, who used broomsticks to dry them, and to Mexican and vaquero- inflected dishes like Venison Chile Colorado.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022

Instead of flying, the players run with ersatz broomsticks positioned between their legs as they jostle, catch, defend and tackle to score points and win.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022

Rogozin also added: “Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don’t know what,” according to Reuters.

From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2022

I assume they are just finishing the night shift, because they are hunched over screens, their chins propped on their hands, or slumped against broomsticks, barely remembering to sweep.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth