Example Sentences
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It was difficult to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt something as ephemeral as the bewitching of a cow or any of the other supposed hexes Parsons had been accused of.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2022
For your bandwagon-getting-on purposes, let’s quickly bring you up to speed, lest you sound like an idiot — or, worse, say something that hexes our team.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
In 2002, the Angels won the World Series, and talk of hexes and jinxes could be extinguished forever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
In the comics, Wanda’s powers allow her to control probability via her hexes — the same word for her powers is also the shape of the fictional city she’s made for herself, yes.
From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2021
When I'm done, the bedroom will be two adjacent hexes with walls around them and a crude ceiling.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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