How to Use mage in a Sentence

mage

noun
  • Yennefer is gathering mages to help get to him from all angles.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • O'Brien lets out scream after scream as the mage burns the assassin alive.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
  • In addition, some mages have a unique ability tied to their soul, called a Codex.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His interview subject could be a piano-loving mage with a fishbowl head who commands a mega-yacht with a cat crew.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 May 2020
  • The brilliantly flexible job system still rips (want to create a gun-toting mage?
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The film opens with a pile of exposition and a gargantuan battle between mages and men.
    — John Serba | [email protected], NOLA.com, 12 May 2017
  • Or this one, where the mage Nic Cage totes Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Welcome to lady knight fall with this romantasy about the bloody, magical bonds between a mage and his knight.
    — Natalie Zutter september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Who's the mage whose major itinerary is making all Oz merrier?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Many of the mages evoke an alternative world, evidence of unimaginable strength and spirit in the face death and torture.
    — Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2017
  • One of the monsters created was Kitsu, an elf mage, who was crossbred with a mahr, a being of illusion.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Yennefer is now spearheading a new alliance of mages and elves operating out of The Lodge.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In energy circles, the people who work on transmission are feared and respected in the same way a shriveled and reputable local mage might be.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2021
  • Yen rejoins her fellow mages, who are determined to vanquish Vilgefortz and make the world safe again for Ciri's return.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 July 2023
  • As for the mages, Ciri’s been hunted for the past two seasons by the fire-wielding Rience, who was working for someone far more powerful.
    — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
  • Fighters can use their shield as a stepping stone to boost teammates to higher ground on giant enemies while mages can augment weapons to deal elemental damage.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Routh will play the central role of warrior-mage Gideon, and the character is also getting a prequel book to accompany the series.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • There’s also a fantastic mages’ ball on Aretuza, which is a visual showstopper in design and storytelling.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 29 June 2023
  • Why should Geoffrey the fighter be the only one to get the good plate mail or Mariah the mage be the only one who can equip the powerful magic wand?
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Positioning is key in this battle system; placing a fighter in front of a mage to protect the latter from many attacks is a good strategy, for instance.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Once the province of mystics and mages, prophecy has now become the purview of think tanks, meteorologists, and market analysts.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The revised mythology begins with a war between men and mages, magical beings who arrive behind an army led by gigantic elephants.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 May 2017
  • Metaphor ReFantazio takes place in a fantasy kingdom after a powerful and cunning mage murders the realm’s king.
    — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Yennefer is now the de-facto leader of the mages, who seem to be forming the famous Lodge of Sorceresses.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 July 2023
  • Stregobor, the arrogant old mage trying to maintain the control of the Brotherhood?
    — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Aside from this fastidiousness, King attributed his success as a mage to his considerable goldsmithing skills.
    — Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • Wizards, or mages (as the group has commonly referred to Eleven), develop their powers using arcane magic to cast powerful spells.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Since the very first edition of Shadowrun, using magic causes fatigue to a mage, called Drain, an important part of balancing magic in my mind.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The fantasy series follows the elf mage Frieren, who was part of a band of heroes recognized for defeating the Demon King.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • These are mere suggestions; building up to be a powerful mage or knight warrior all depends on the player’s investments in statistics after every level up.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2020

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