witchlike

Example Sentences

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But with Petrenko a tall, animated presence on the podium — bouncing up and down, shimmying, and hypnotically curling the long fingers of his left hand, witchlike — it was a pleasant evening.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2022

Once, Thoreau wrote, a frequenter of the woods passed Zilpah’s house and claimed to have heard her muttering to herself, witchlike, over a gurgling pot — “Ye all are bones, bones!”

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2021

Along comes the witchlike image of Vittoria to embody every teenager’s ambivalent urge to blow up their complacent home.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2020

"Good luck on your very scary journey," says a witchlike creature, in a businesslike way, to a brave little girl.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2011

They came up out of the sea,—wild, witchlike shapes that travelled fast and met in the west as if summoned for an evil conclave.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert