How to Use magician in a Sentence

magician

noun
  • The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat.
  • She is a magician on the basketball court.
  • Even a magician can fall for a good trick.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Which pop star would make the best magician?
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Daniels is a magician on fourth down and in the fourth quarter.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
  • So, there will be no magician that shows up or anything like that.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Your friend/magician might have been working on some new bits that weren’t quite ready for prime time.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2019
  • As a magician and scientist, this is the sort of stuff that blows my mind.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Smith rounds out the new group of magicians and plays Charlie.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Jackson caught the pass and scored with his own magician’s touch off the backboard.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • And like any good magician, electrons haven’t told anyone how the trick is done.
    — Adam Becker, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Jean, watching and learning, does the same with a few magician-like arm waves.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 6 June 2019
  • In truth, there’s a very small number of female magicians.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Pharaoh, though, remains unimpressed, as his magicians prove able to do the same.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • What did the fisherman say to the magician?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • Since the day will be for people of all ages, there also will be a magician and face painter for the younger ones.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 6 June 2022
  • Bongard likened Levin to a magician pulling rabbits out of a hat.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
  • What is the name of the evil magician in 'Frosty the Snowman'?
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The real magicians are the scientists who have worked this all out.
    — Michael Shermer, Scientific American, 1 June 2017
  • What about when that magician hired an apprentice?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 May 2026
  • Wannabe magicians can dress for their Hogwarts house of choice or be placed by the sorting hat.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 7 June 2018
  • That’s why Taylor’s whole speech (and the name of the episode) had been about magicians and sleights of hands.
    — refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
  • And like a magician, 27-year-old Melody Yang pulls out her wands.
    — Wonbo Woo, WIRED, 12 June 2018
  • These systems are not magicians.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Sam Vecenie is a magician with the trade machine.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Again, sourced by the archival magicians Raffe Vintage.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The French drop is often one of the first tricks budding magicians set out to master.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Twin magicians take revenge on their abusive mother in the middle of their act.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Lopes was a magician at wasting time to give Sutton a chance to towel off and cool down a bit.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018

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