malignant spirit

Example Sentences

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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

You will be certain to see the article, and I am sure both you and Mr. Brontë will feel acutely the misrepresentations and the malignant spirit which characterises it. 

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King

A change came over the face of Haines—one that transformed his rather handsome features into those of a malignant spirit.

From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)

If Dick had deliberately planned to tempt him, he had chosen the time well; and if he had not done it deliberately, there must have been a malignant spirit abroad that day.

From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.

The citizens, maddened by outrage, became more and more obstinate in their resistance; while the Duke seemed to regard the ruin he had caused with a malignant spirit scarcely human.

From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by Kingston, William Henry Giles