Examples of sorceress in a Sentence
asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village
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That semi-fanciful film was a deadpan spin on the ingrained misogyny that conveniently tags a steely, orphaned 9-year-old village girl as a sorceress.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
She’s never actually played a magical sorceress, a character that potentially has been alive for hundreds of years, who is cursed to grant people wishes, knowing that those wishes won’t really deliver what people want.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
She’s never actually played a magical sorceress, a character that potentially has been alive for hundreds of years, who is cursed to grant people wishes, knowing that those wishes won’t really deliver what people want.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorceress. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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sorceress
noun
sor·cer·ess
ˈsȯrs-(ə-)rəs 
: a woman who practices sorcery : witch
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