How to Use telekinesis in a Sentence

telekinesis

noun
  • Only the telekinesis of your-head-will-be-on-fire-in-a-second.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • The concept of the whisper method is similar to that of telekinesis (bear with us).
    Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Oodles of blood, a healthy dose of telekinesis, and a young John Travolta make this a must-see.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Telepathy and telekinesis are the joining factors if the show is pulling from this character for Cindy.
    Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Luke is a bona fide, off-the-charts genius who possesses a minor talent for telekinesis.
    William Sheehan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Of course, the three will have some magical powers of their own, including telekinesis, telepathy, and the ability to stop time.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 20 July 2018
  • Does the fact that this is accomplished with telekinesis somehow justify it?
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
  • As Sissy drives away, Harlan can be seen using telekinesis to levitate a toy.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Scarlet Witch is perhaps one of the strongest characters in the 'verse, with powers ranging from mind control to telekinesis.
    Jill Robi, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2018
  • There's also a dining table laid with a feast of Eggo waffles hanging ~upside down~ on the ceiling, a mural of mid-telekinesis Eleven, and huge TV screens playing episodes of the show.
    Andrea Park, CNT, 21 Aug. 2017
  • This story invokes a movie in which people’s heads are exploded through telekinesis.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Both of them get similar powers, like super strength, heightened hearing, telekinesis, and the ability to run at Flash-like speeds.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The gift of telekinesis renders Carrie a social leper and liability despite her best attempts to be good and fit in.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2022
  • And zapping and telekinesis (well, actually Wanda uses that to make dinner right away).
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • And then of course there is the fact that these 4400 people popped up in the same place and time completely unaged from the day of their disappearance — and with new abilities that range from telekinesis to being able to heal extremely fast.
    Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The game stars Fenyx, a mortal Greek woman with supernatural powers like flight and telekinesis, on a mission to restore order to Mount Olympus.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2020
  • In a later segment of the sequel, Raz has to compete in a cooking competition, using telekinesis to drop an egg into a steamer, or a pig under a chopper.
    Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • But Matilda possesses telekinesis, a unique superpower that lets her move and control objects with her mind.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022
  • Fortunato use his telekinesis to extract Arturo’s sperm and impregnate her with it.
    Eric Rosenblum, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Some spirits are limited to illusions and mind tricks, others have powers such as telekinesis … but only sometimes?
    Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 24 June 2019
  • The evening offers networking with drinks and snacks before the awards presentation, and, a magic show after from Mentalism by RW Magic, offering mind-reading, telekinesis and a book test.
    cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022
  • One adviser claimed that Erdogan’s enemies were trying to kill him using telekinesis.
    Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2018
  • The gem still exploded, but a fragment of it became embedded into Ulysses’ chest, granting him immortality, telekinesis, fighting skills and more.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Carrie’s telekinesis is a cathartic expression of the intensity of her feelings — the subconscious made manifest.
    Chloe Okuno, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The Mind Stone allows its user to enhance their mind, awaken or heighten abilities like telepathy and telekinesis, and — when combined with the Power Stone — access all minds in existence concurrently.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • In Vogt's film, a group of pre-teens develops supernatural powers, including telepathy and telekinesis.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 May 2022
  • The fantasies depicted were encyclopedic in their macabre scope, including murder, séances, ghost hunts, telekinesis, black magic, Nazis, lycanthropy and a visit by Jack the Ripper.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Wanda's abilities are extremely powerful; through her chaos magic, the superhero can create energy to move things through telekinesis, create force fields, and even fly.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • More accurately, Jesse errs on the side of telekinesis and material manipulation.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2019
  • This show could have easily had Scarlet Witch battling baddies with powers like telekinesis in every episode, flying around the picket-fence fantasy hurling energy balls at some mystical villain.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Jan. 2021

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