How to Use telekinesis in a Sentence

telekinesis

noun
  • Only the telekinesis of your-head-will-be-on-fire-in-a-second.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Say, was telekinesis ever part of the equation in season one?
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • The concept of the whisper method is similar to that of telekinesis (bear with us).
    — Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Luke is a bona fide, off-the-charts genius who possesses a minor talent for telekinesis.
    — William Sheehan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • This story invokes a movie in which people’s heads are exploded through telekinesis.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Does the fact that this is accomplished with telekinesis somehow justify it?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Oodles of blood, a healthy dose of telekinesis, and a young John Travolta make this a must-see.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Telepathy and telekinesis are the joining factors if the show is pulling from this character for Cindy.
    — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • As Sissy drives away, Harlan can be seen using telekinesis to levitate a toy.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 7 Aug. 2020
  • And zapping and telekinesis (well, actually Wanda uses that to make dinner right away).
    — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Some spirits are limited to illusions and mind tricks, others have powers such as telekinesis … but only sometimes?
    — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 24 June 2019
  • Fortunato use his telekinesis to extract Arturo’s sperm and impregnate her with it.
    — Eric Rosenblum, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Scarlet Witch is perhaps one of the strongest characters in the 'verse, with powers ranging from mind control to telekinesis.
    — Jill Robi, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2018
  • But Matilda possesses telekinesis, a unique superpower that lets her move and control objects with her mind.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022
  • Both of them get similar powers, like super strength, heightened hearing, telekinesis, and the ability to run at Flash-like speeds.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The gift of telekinesis renders Carrie a social leper and liability despite her best attempts to be good and fit in.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Her powers include telekinesis, body swapping, phasing, psychic abilities and mind control.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
  • One adviser claimed that Erdogan’s enemies were trying to kill him using telekinesis.
    — Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2018
  • Chris is beautiful and popular, unlike the reclusive, strange Carrie; telekinesis or not, no one wants to be wretched Carrie.
    — Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
  • In Vogt's film, a group of pre-teens develops supernatural powers, including telepathy and telekinesis.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 May 2022
  • In a later segment of the sequel, Raz has to compete in a cooking competition, using telekinesis to drop an egg into a steamer, or a pig under a chopper.
    — Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • Carrie’s telekinesis is a cathartic expression of the intensity of her feelings — the subconscious made manifest.
    — Chloe Okuno, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Wanda's abilities are extremely powerful; through her chaos magic, the superhero can create energy to move things through telekinesis, create force fields, and even fly.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The gem still exploded, but a fragment of it became embedded into Ulysses’ chest, granting him immortality, telekinesis, fighting skills and more.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 7 Oct. 2022
  • More accurately, Jesse errs on the side of telekinesis and material manipulation.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Before then, her abilities mostly manifest themselves via premonitions that almost any character with or without telekinesis could be having.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The game stars Fenyx, a mortal Greek woman with supernatural powers like flight and telekinesis, on a mission to restore order to Mount Olympus.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2020
  • There's also a dining table laid with a feast of Eggo waffles hanging ~upside down~ on the ceiling, a mural of mid-telekinesis Eleven, and huge TV screens playing episodes of the show.
    — Andrea Park, CNT, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Wanda uses telekinesis to forcibly cast the entire population of Westview as compliant extras ready to act out her contrived, domestic narrative -- with little regard for their intense pain.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • And then of course there is the fact that these 4400 people popped up in the same place and time completely unaged from the day of their disappearance — and with new abilities that range from telekinesis to being able to heal extremely fast.
    — Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021

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