Example Sentences

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Superstitions are incredibly important in sports, not just with Alana’s family.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

Superstitions are learned from other people and persist because they are as good as any other strategy in situations beyond our control, says Michael Aitkin, psychology lecturer at Kings College London.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2017

Superstitions are fun, but they aren’t a strategy.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2017

God and Man at Yale, which is subtitled “The Superstitions of ‘Academic Freedom’ ” is also likely one of the first texts by a student arguing that campuses should be safe spaces.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2017

“Anything dismissed by scholars as too fun to be important. They put it down here and forget it. Superstitions, songs, spells. Seraphim, omens, demons, fairies.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor