malignant spirit
Example Sentences
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Alongside his wife, Lorraine, he works as a paranormal investigator, and this is hardly his first tête-à-tête with a malignant spirit.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2021
You will be certain to see the article, and I am sure both you and Mr. Brontë will feel acutely the misrepresentations and the malignant spirit which characterises it.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King
But, after all, it was only a dream; the whispering of a malignant spirit in your ear.
From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
Apparently they are evil spirits animating the dead body, and nothing but the utter destruction of the body avails to drive away the malignant spirit.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
However bad, however depraved the human mind, it still leans to mercy: the power to dispose of another man's life is generally sufficient for the most malignant spirit in its thirst for vengeance.
From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Lever, Charles James
