How to Use sorceress in a Sentence

sorceress

noun
  • The film follows a modern-day sorceress who has the power to make men fall in love with her.
    — Linda Kessler, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Morgana was told that her destiny would lead her to become the greatest sorceress of all time.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 18 July 2020
  • They group soon becomes wrapped up in a great conflict with a sorceress trying to compress time.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 11 June 2019
  • In a darker, sorceress-like shot, his mother stands in the woods in an emerald green frock with sneakers.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The sorceress’s spell is broken, and the Beast turns back into the Prince.
    — Anna Fitzpatrick, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2017
  • Miller is a classics scholar and brings that knowledge to imagine the life of Circe, who was a sorceress.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The Wheel of Time’s sorceresses fight to save their world’s source of magic from the forces of darkness.
    — Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • That's Circeo as in Circe — the mountain was believed to be the place where the nymph-sorceress was exiled.
    — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022
  • Then all sorts of witch mayhem ensues, and Agatha reunites with some old sorceress pals to regain her power.
    — Michaela Zee, Variety, 8 July 2024
  • Even for experienced sorceresses and wizards, chaos comes with a cost.
    — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The leader of a band of desert mercenaries is hired to kill a ruthless despot and his clairvoyant sorceress.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Perkins is a poetic sorceress whose authorial wand wafts over the pages of her book and gently probes the depths of children’s souls.
    — Ellen Handler Spitz, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • To find her way back home and save her parents — now frozen in the real world — Ariadlyn must seek out a sorceress and her crystal vial.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
  • To find her way back home and save her parents — now frozen in the real world — Ariadlyn must seek out a sorceress and her crystal vial.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And of course there’s a love story with a sorceress named Yennefer (Anya Chalotra).
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2019
  • The legendary Eartha Kitt would be the voice of a villainous sorceress determined to blot out the sun.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
  • The question is whether Vittoria will turn her against her parents, will take possession of her like a fairy-tale sorceress.
    — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Should Yennefer trust either of these sorceresses?
    — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • He is also shown using telepathy to communicate with the sorceress.
    — Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
  • The story will center on Geralt, a princess named Ciri and a sorceress named Yennefer.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Echoes of the legend raise the question of whether the lance buried with the woman at Gerdrup was actually a sorceress’ staff.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
  • In a mission to get her sorceress powers back, Agatha creates a makeshift coven of her own but not every member has the same intention.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
  • What happened to Oliveira, the Brazilian sorceress, remains a mystery.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The story is about a queen, desperate to fulfill her love, who hires a powerful and feared sorceress named Gray Alys.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Consider the tenth book in Homer’s Odyssey, when Odysseus’ men arrive at the house of the sorceress Circe.
    — Martin Aitken, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Melinda, a powerful sorceress, Seng, a cosmic monk, and Edred, a warrior elf.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • Descending upon the throng in her giant pink bubble, the sorceress with the kind heart and three-octave range agreed that a new day was dawning in Oz.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Her latest chart-toppers have held steady across Halloween week — a fitting flex for a pop sorceress who’s made chart magic her signature move.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025

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