shaman
Example Sentences
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Channeling the music like a crazed shaman, Jagger shimmied and sashayed, owning the stage like few lead singers have before or since.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
"May all that is bad dissolve into the river and never return," the shaman chanted.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
The Joker, for example, becomes Yoka, a shaman and right-hand man to emperor Moctezuma who can communicate with the gods.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Devin even gives her something he received from a Maori shaman during their first one-on-one date in New Zealand.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024
He clambered down and found that the shaman had not only pitched the tent but had conjured a fire into being, and was brewing some coffee.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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