magic dust
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know what magic dust they sprinkled across the group, but since then, things have gone like clockwork,” Hunter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
He enjoys walking there at sunset, when the brick-red patch of land appears bathed in gold and the salt crystals sparkle like magic dust.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024
In the final movement of the suite, “The Fairy Garden,” that followed, Ravel sprinkles melodic magic dust over everything.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2023
Though there must be a hidden method, it cannot be perceived; it is supplanted by a “magical gesture,” like the sprinkling of magic dust.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023
When once her eye Hath met the virtue of this magic dust, I shall appear some harmless villager Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear.
From L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas by Milton, John
