How to Use clairvoyance in a Sentence

clairvoyance

noun
  • I don't believe in clairvoyance, but I can't explain how he knew those things about my grandmother.
  • Their clairvoyance was based not on reading court tea leaves.
    — Holman Jenkins, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • End of carousel Of course, there’s more to Schutz than clairvoyance.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Whether through clairvoyance or luck, Isles meets the moment.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2021
  • In this piece, Schilling brings his usual humor, clairvoyance, wit.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • In that movie, Lorraine sees visions of a demon dressed as a nun, which can block her clairvoyance.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Taggart's family had had its own brush with clairvoyance in Lily Dale.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Reports of sixth-sense experiences, like clairvoyance, were the norm.
    — Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
  • These come in handy, and get her into trouble, when her clairvoyance becomes the only lead in a missing-person case.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Fortune-tellers are not the only figures who aspire to clairvoyance.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The same natural, intuitive clairvoyance that puts people at ease and the same powerful force of will.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • To do this, he must be struck by lightning and learn the art of clairvoyance from Don Cosme, an old callawaya who reads fortunes in town.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The same natural, intuitive clairvoyance that put people at ease.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That’s expecting a high level of clairvoyance from newsroom leaders.
    — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Most of the visual effects, in terms of the clairvoyance, were done in camera with me and a diopter, making a lot of noise and smashing glass against glass and a flashlight.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Psychics and mediums are people that claim to have psychic abilities such as clairvoyance or intuition.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • First, because the questions must be precise enough to pass the clairvoyance test, there is no wiggle room about what constitutes, say, large troop maneuvers.
    — J. Peter Scoblic, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Imagine the possibility that these moments of clairvoyance occur simply because of a glitch in your mind's time logs.
    — Adam Bear, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Several members complained that the standard of clairvoyance was far too extreme and hurts businesses.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Oct. 2019
  • And from her mother and grandmother the girl has learned ancient forms of medicine and magic—like them, Almeyda has waking dreams and spells of clairvoyance.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The clairvoyance business has also been able to thrive because fate is not fixed in Korean cosmology.
    — The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018
  • That's the area of your chart associated with clairvoyance, secrets, and illusion.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Aug. 2017
  • For example, clairvoyance permits Raz to enter the minds of others and see himself from their perspective.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • While most psychics have genuine intentions, there are many fake psychics that pretend to have clairvoyance in order to take advantage of people.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Fortune tellers will typically use clairvoyance or telepathy to look into the future.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Using her clairvoyance to develop a casual pickup line is just one of her freaky metaphysical powers.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Our resident new-age cop believes in astrology, clairvoyance, and the spirit world, much to Nolan’s chagrin.
    — Tanya Melendez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In Mantel’s writing, the line that divides knowledge or clarity—even clairvoyance—and madness is never stable.
    — Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The authors of these three centennial volumes claim no clairvoyance about history’s intention.
    — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
  • In Pisces, your psychic abilities are amplified, so don't be surprised when this lunation triggers clairvoyance.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018

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