magic potion

Example Sentences

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"I don't have a magic potion that I can give to member states" -- especially, she said, the five permanent, veto-wielding members of the Security Council -- so that "everybody's friends."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

“Because of the circumstances, she became a victim again because she didn’t have whatever magic potion it would take for her to find a fresh start.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

It seems ketones are nowhere near as efficient as the magic potion that Asterix used and we will continue to be searching for the lost recipe of the series' village druid Getafix.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

The story has a simple premise: What if Juliet didn’t use that “happy dagger” after waking up from Friar Lawrence’s magic potion and went instead to hang out with her friends in Paris?

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2022

Griemhild, Gunnar’s mother, wants Sigurd for her daughter Gudrun, and gives him a magic potion which makes him forget Brynhild.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton