witch doctor
Example Sentences
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A visit to a witch doctor only makes things worse for him and, most tragically, his dog.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024
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
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
Also sometimes we’ll see a witch doctor with aspirins, pink pills, yellow pills, and animal pieces all laid out in neat rows on a black velvet cloth.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
