evil eye
Example Sentences
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The 21-year-old says a lot of her friends are the same and reference the "evil eye" as a reason for not posting their partners.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Depictions of roses, a skull, a goat and a Santería evil eye dance around them, illuminated in sepia spotlights and looking like they could have come straight from a deck of tarot cards.
From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023
Roberts disingenuously implies that colleges and universities, like Yick Wo’s persecutors, discriminate “with an evil eye and an unequal hand.”
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023
Practices include black magic, white magic, Wicca, Reiki, Tarot, astrology, and healers of the evil eye and other ailments.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022
He turned several times and gave us both the evil eye.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
