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
There are the blind seers, whose loss of vision affords them a spiritual second sight, like Tiresias from Greek mythology and Neo from the “Matrix” series.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 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
She might not have a bead on the future, but Miss Sadie surely had second sight when it came to the present.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
