black magic

Example Sentences

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“It was like magic the first time we sang together. Like some black magic voodoo sort of vibes,” Evan added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The musicians metamorphosed into their final form: Adopting the name Black Sabbath, after a low-budget Boris Karloff film of the same name, they started writing lyrics that dabbled in death, black magic and mental illness.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

“Could it be a genie, could be black magic? We’ll never know.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Bardugo’s first novel for adults, “Ninth House,” imagined that the secret societies of Yale were hubs of black magic, and followed a ghost-seeing student named Alex as she navigates those worlds.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

So that was the way Set started—Set the god of evil and black magic.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder