How to Use superstition in a Sentence

superstition

noun
  • It is a common superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck.
  • Yeah, the whole thing was a superstition for me.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026
  • There seemed to be an air of superstition to the streak for Marte.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022
  • After all, this is a sport full of old habits and superstitions.
    — Gary Phillips, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But superstition has long been a part of the athlete’s creed, even for wannabe jocks.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2019
  • But then his superstition stopped him.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The star-crossed tend to double down on superstition.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There was also the superstition of my son.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Out of superstition as well as grief, some choose to steer away from the tragedy rather than confront it head-on.
    — Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • To learn more about superstition, check out my new book about the science of magic.
    — Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Maybe that’s my superstition is that George is going to be the wild child.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Believing in things that cannot be touched and cannot be seen could be called faith or superstition.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2020
  • Nat worship, the nuns insist, is base superstition—a stain on the true faith.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Egyptian priests used them to play on the superstitions of their people.
    — Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The fugue of religion and superstition sounds over these mise en scènes.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Writers were happy to note the superstition, either to goose it along or knock it down.
    — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
  • Here are some of the most popular superstitions to embrace for good luck or avoid for bad luck.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • There’s even a superstition that eating them ensures good luck for every day of the year ahead.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • This definitely has to be a superstition and a good-luck charm, for sure.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
  • That’s why guys have superstitions and routines.
    — Haley Smilow, Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • One woman believes in the latter, and her superstition seemed to prove her right.
    — Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 9 July 2024
  • John on New Year’s Day in hopes that the superstition holds true.
    — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
  • They were also introduced to the superstitions that come around this time of year.
    — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Even the sergeant, whose difficult past spurs his hatred of superstition, starts to have some doubts.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • That the best find of a trip will be on the last afternoon of the last day is a common paleo superstition.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • See a fetch in the shadows, one such superstition said, and your life will last only as long as flames in your fireplace.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But make sure to eat all 12, the superstition goes — otherwise, the luck can go sour.
    — Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • There is a superstition to playing road games in Colorado and the data to back it up is there.
    — Casey Stavenhagen, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • This led to the film’s acknowledgement of a sailor superstition that redheads are bad luck at sea.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2020

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