Used in a Sentence

witchcraft

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for witchcraft.

Editorial note

It's not witchcraft, it's not even a feat of perseverance, it's just doing what your body is designed for.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of witchcraft gathered in one view.

noun

The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

noun

Black magic; the use of witchcraft for evil means.

noun

An irresistible or seemingly magical influence.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for witchcraft.

noun

The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

noun

Black magic; the use of witchcraft for evil means.

noun

An irresistible or seemingly magical influence.

noun

Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.

Example sentences

1

It's not witchcraft, it's not even a feat of perseverance, it's just doing what your body is designed for.

2

If you want to see some sci-fi magic, just look at the Space Shuttle, That's some amazing witchcraft right there.

3

The OpenBSD people produce first class code that's solves real problems in real production, and you compare it to witchcraft?

4

As testing approaches, she begins a second career on local television, hosting a show on witchcraft.

5

It's not like every company applying materials science also experiments with witchcraft somewhere in the basement, so what's going on here?

6

And there's no way to question accusations of witchcraft without sounding like a witch.

7

You can keep on believing it's witchcraft all you want and I don't know how to prove you wrong.

8

I've finally decided that regular expressions are not witchcraft and that I need to learn how to use them.

9

If not femenism and journalistic ethics it would be communism and witchcraft.

10

Our government seems to think computers are operated entirely via witchcraft.

11

To someone from a couple centuries ago, antibiotics would be witchcraft.

12

What is this ungodly mess of compiler voodoo and software witchcraft.

Quote examples

1

One could come along and say "That's hooey, it's all just witchcraft!

2

Belief is stronger than any medicine be it western or "witchcraft".

3

It got a very short initial run resultantly, and there was a lot of talk in the papers about the "controversy" of witchcraft, in order to shift the debate away from the contemporary context.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use witchcraft in a sentence?

It's not witchcraft, it's not even a feat of perseverance, it's just doing what your body is designed for.

What does witchcraft mean?

The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

What part of speech is witchcraft?

witchcraft is commonly used as noun.