hocus-pocus
Example Sentences
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Until we all pay attention to what matters, the fee hocus-pocus will never stop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
“Late Night With the Devil,” a sly, aw-shucksy chiller from sibling filmmakers Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes, is a clever reminder that the entertainment business was built on hocus-pocus.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
“I’ve never seen anybody else do the hocus-pocus that she sometimes does.”
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Even up close, it was impossible to tell whether it was all sleight of hand or real hocus-pocus.
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2021
"Right. But this stuff is all, like... mystical. What we were talking about on the phone today? I was talking about reality, real people, not a bunch of hocus-pocus."
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
