black magic
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He's told his players not to think the world is against them – nor to believe that the they are somehow cursed by "black magic".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“It was like magic the first time we sang together. Like some black magic voodoo sort of vibes,” Evan added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
“Could it be a genie, could be black magic? We’ll never know.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Bardugo’s first novel for adults, “Ninth House,” imagined that the secret societies of Yale were hubs of black magic, and followed a ghost-seeing student named Alex as she navigates those worlds.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
His eyes reminded me of a description of a gigantic Egyptian eye that was found in one of the pyramids I read about in a book on black magic.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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