How to Use black magic in a Sentence

black magic

noun
  • The villagers start blaming the recluse ‘witch’ of the village who is known to practice black magic.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The villagers start blaming the recluse ‘witch’ of the village who is known to practice black magic.
    — William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The other legend concerns a black magic practitioner who fell in love with a princess.
    — Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The way that Gladys’ black magic operates is only lightly sketched and under-explained for the better.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • SpellsByMia also recommends steering clear of black magic and scare tactics.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Jasper took out volume 2 of The Cambridge Ancient History and read out loud to Catherine about black magic and the emerald tablets.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike horror movies built on shadowy boogeymen bouncing out of the dark, The Witch's tone stays quiet, swarming around themes of bewitchery, black magic, and wickedness without overdoing it.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • From Shakespeare’s perspective, an individual’s own decisions determine their destiny, not necessarily the interference of black magic.
    — Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Related Stories The film explores how colonial-era conflicts resurface through supernatural events, with spirits returning and black magic stirring as the legacy of empire haunts the land and its inhabitants in Bujang Valley.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Directed by Kim Min-ha as a standalone sequel to his 2024 feature, the film stars Han Sun-hwa as a passionate student teacher who, along with a high school black magic club, must survive a supernatural, deadly version of a mock exam orchestrated by a 400-year-old samurai ghost.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2026

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