evil spirit

Example Sentences

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"The evil spirit of Handel's enchantress Alcina evidently infected one audience member at Tuesday's premiere of this new production," he wrote.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022

But she confronts the evil spirit — literally, in her mind — and attempts to defeat it, only to be swallowed whole.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2022

Eury has moved to the Bronx from Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria; she feels the presence of an evil spirit that has accompanied her.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021

This is probably a bad idea in real life, but in The Night House, he’s on to something, because there actually is an evil spirit trying to get him to kill Beth.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2021

A group of babalawos tried apanaldo, an exorcism, and thought they had trapped an evil spirit in the rooster they buried in a knotted cloth.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García