witchery
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In the theater, it’s easy to lose sight of Macbeth’s misgivings and regrets amid the thrilling witchery and suspenseful criminality.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
Her portraits re-envision witchery by celebrating the spectrum of identities and spiritual practices found in today’s witch community.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
With so many important battles to be fought, does white magic still have a place in the world and is it even comparable to the witchery popery of 400 years ago?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
“If you want to call it witchery, feel free,” she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
"If we brought this off, it would be the greatest triumph in the whole history of witchery!"
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
It is pleasant to think of the doings of the Parnells, the witcheries of Mistress Betty, and the despotism of old madam, during the next month.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
A few days after his departure, as I was seated in the nursery, watching your innocent witcheries as you lay cradled in the lap of Peggy, I was told a lady wished to see me.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
Sometimes she ascribed it to the baleful witcheries of Violet Avory, at others to the consciousness of his hard, uphill struggle to make headway at all; sometimes, again, to both causes combined.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
His father was dead, and a woman's authority was not enough, for he was stubborn, though a good son until she got hold of him with her witcheries and her false charms.
From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
All the witcheries known to pretty little flirts were brought to bear on the viscount, as once before they had been brought to bear on Sir Ronald Keith.
From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
