malignant spirit

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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

There is nothing far-fetched in the native superstition that puts a malignant spirit in the wind; it is the most natural feeling in the world.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson

This spectre was supposed to be an old man, or malignant spirit, who directed, and ruled over, the mountain torrents. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias

There was little in it," he replied, in a rebuked but cold and malignant spirit; "I didn't think you were so violent.

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

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)