Example Sentences

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Former President Lazarus Chakwera insists the canines, trained to detect weapons, black-magic fetishes and other potential threats, are key members of his security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Rust Cohle slow dances with murmurings about Carcosa in Season 1, and the anthology’s creator Nic Pizzolatto spiced up the mystique by depositing backwoods fetishes near crime scenes.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

Someone watching “Lynch/Oz” isn’t likely to need reminding that the history of movies is a history of other movies, or that lots of directors have thematic and visual fetishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

In the end, Tenet feels like the most Nolan-y of Nolan’s own films, amping the many quirks of this remarkable filmmaker’s visual, aural and temporal fetishes up to 11.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2020

People flocked to the roads, banging with sticks and fetishes on the hoods of the army convoy that took him away.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver