second-sighted
Example Sentences
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It so happened that the Patrick accusation was cleared up next day, when Nimue arrived with a second-sighted explanation.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Your second-sighted man That scared the dying conscience of the king, Misheard their snores for groans.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
A Scotch nobleman sent for one of these second-sighted men out of the Highlands, to give his judgment of the then great George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
I have found a fortune-telling, second-sighted person in the car.
From Betty Leicester A Story For Girls by Jewett, Sarah Orne
The Scotch used to justify their practice of putting the head between the knees when, bound with a corpse's hair tether, they learned to be second-sighted, by what Elijah did.
From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew
