How to Use the occult in a Sentence

the occult

noun
  • Often that has something to do with the occult, what’s hidden.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Strip away the occult mystery from a vampire’s actions and what you’re left with is something much uglier.
    — James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The church has also been known for events such as inviting people to burn items the church relates to witchcraft and the occult.
    — Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Here are three cognitive biases that play a role in guiding our belief in the occult.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Willem Dafoe as a reluctant vampire hunger and raconteur of the occult rounds out the cast with a touch of comedic relief.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But his father’s death led him to seek answers in the occult, according to the Jerusalem Post.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • When ‘Witchcraft’ comes, there’s that eastern-y lead sound, which feels like an incantation or the occult.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 June 2023
  • Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • This is a magic club in Salem, a city long associated with witches, black magic, and the occult.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The curse, which has nothing to do with the occult, refers to the fact that in certain kinds of auctions, the winner ends up paying too much for the object for sale.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • My inexplicable interest in vampires, ghosts and the occult prompted tías to pray over me.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The church has also held conferences and events that have included inviting people to burn items the church relates to witchcraft and the occult.
    — Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The appeal of visiting places connected to witchcraft goes beyond just an interest in the occult.
    — Jennifer Stavros, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Thinking the occult expert cum horror star and the high priest would be simpatico, Davis hosted a dinner party that went off the rails.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The social media platform allows witches to connect with consumers from all over the world who are curious about the occult practice.
    — Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Numerology is defined as the study of the occult significance of numbers.
    — Francesca Murdaca, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Gogo Akopyan turned her hobby studying the occult into a business three years ago, and now gives readings for up to $150.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Eliding the specific questions that its set-up would seem to invite (What relationship do the counselors have with the occult?
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
  • And a fascination with the occult was brewing in the upper echelons of Swedish society.
    — Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Global Vision has held conferences and events on the campus, such as burning items the church believes is related to the occult and witchcraft.
    — Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Among them is Zamata’s character, a potions witch who runs an organic skincare apothecary of sorts when not dabbling in the occult.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There were display ads scattered throughout from a publisher specializing in the occult, and a full-page promotion for a book about the joys of nitrous oxide.
    — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
  • At any other time, Rasputin’s mesmeric power might have been harmless, yet another example of a country’s thirst for the occult.
    — Gerard Degroot, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As if that doesn’t sell a ticket already, trust that Fast’s dreamy vision of friendship, queerness and the occult is a singular experience.
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • With its Prague setting, Brown incorporates the city's deep connections to mysticism and the occult.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The only way to save it, Delroy believes, is to air an extraordinary Halloween episode about the occult in the middle of sweeps season.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Some are more realistic and creepy while others dabble in the occult, but all are literary and compelling—the best of both worlds, especially during spooky season.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
  • And when a worse fate befalls Owen, Richard and Juliette retreat into themselves — and into the occult — in separate ways.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The upcoming season launches next week, bringing new rewards, powers, enemies, and quality-of-life updates, all themed around the occult.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Born and raised in Glendale, Akopyan, 32, has been studying astrology and the occult for more than 10 years.
    — Emerson Drewes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023

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