second sight

Example Sentences

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Dairymaids were said to have a kind of second sight, transforming milk into something alive and lasting with nothing more than time, touch, and faith in invisible powers.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Dessers volleyed over Abdallah Sima's cross with his first chance of the game, but the Nigeria international made no mistake with his second sight of goal.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2024

In “The OA,” a fable-like iteration of the resurrection theme, the heroine has perished many times over, blind in one incarnation but gifted in another with an extraordinary second sight.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2021

This Agnes is bestowed with not only second sight, but certain modern attitudes and an independence of thought that feel anachronistic.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2020

He wanted to comfort her, but the night had given him no language, no second sight, no power to see into the heart of any other.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin