witch doctor
Example Sentences
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In Namibia, “for a witch doctor to make a ruling on whether or not you are a witch, you have to pay him a lot of money,” Holtzhausen says.
From Scientific American • May 31, 2023
Zagre and her husband, Ousmane Nikiema, visited a witch doctor after giving birth to both sets of twins.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2021
Llegó el curanderooo — Tony was playing his summer mix, “Sacude,” and I had arrived just in time for my favorite part, when Tego Calderón announces himself as the healer, the witch doctor.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Steinbeck said he got the hummingbird from a witch doctor, and wrote that it holds “just about all the magic there is in the world.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2020
A day before we were to leave for Alexandra my father terrified me by saying: “What would you do if I were to leave you here and let that witch doctor raise you?”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
