malignant spirit

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Alongside his wife, Lorraine, he works as a paranormal investigator, and this is hardly his first tête-à-tête with a malignant spirit.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2021

There is nothing far-fetched in the native superstition that puts a malignant spirit in the wind; it is the most natural feeling in the world.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson

There was little in it," he replied, in a rebuked but cold and malignant spirit; "I didn't think you were so violent.

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

The whole campaign which had terminated so gloriously, was criticised in the most unjust and malignant spirit.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

Bruce himself wondered if the malignant spirit of Slim was lingering on the river to harry him as he had in life.

From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline