How to Use witching in a Sentence

witching

noun
  • These are witching-hour, don't-tell-your-mom-what-we-do kind of rhythms.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2017
  • One of the most powerful Avengers is working on her witching skills.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Quad witching days are typically some of the busiest trading sessions of the year.
    Mischa Frankl-Duval, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
  • As October nears its festive end, the witching hour descends upon us yet again.
    Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The winery’s name refers to water witching, the practice of locating underground water sources with a rod.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Today is quad witching, the third Friday of the month of every quarter, as index and stock futures expire along with index and stock options.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Because these options expire within days or weeks, few are left for quadruple witching.
    Katherine Greifeld, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The witching hour finally arrives on December 2021, when Disney releases the first of the follow-ups.
    Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The witching hour of Halloween conjures up images goblins, costumes, and jack-o-lanterns and a real-life Houston Halloween tale which is far more sinister.
    Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Dousing, or water witching as it is known in America, has no basis in scientific fact.
    The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Nothing is more relaxing after a day of witching than to sit with Madame Stephany and her fabulous mediums in the musty parlor of her Bona Thompson mansion, munching on sweets and sipping her special brew.
    Staff Reports, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
  • That is the witching hour when thousands of solar-powered glass orbs on stems, created by the artist Bruce Munro, enfold visitors in an earthbound aurora borealis of shifting hues.
    Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Friday also marks what is known as quadruple witching, the simultaneous expiration of futures and options on stocks and indexes.
    Anneken Tappe, CNN, 20 Sep. 2019
  • What’s Coming Up Today is quadruple witching, a quarterly event which sees options and futures on indexes and stocks expire simultaneously.
    Mischa Frankl-Duval, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Equity transactions surged Friday amid a quarterly event known as quadruple witching, when options and futures on indexes and equities expire.
    Katherine Greifeld, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Friday was quadruple witching, when options and futures on both indexes and stocks expire simultaneously.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
  • In September, quad witching coincided with major changes to several popular ETFs pegged to sector indexes.
    Asjylyn Loder, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • These are witching-hour, don't-tell-your-mom-what-we-do kind of rhythms.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2017
  • One of the most powerful Avengers is working on her witching skills.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Quad witching days are typically some of the busiest trading sessions of the year.
    Mischa Frankl-Duval, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
  • As October nears its festive end, the witching hour descends upon us yet again.
    Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The winery’s name refers to water witching, the practice of locating underground water sources with a rod.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Today is quad witching, the third Friday of the month of every quarter, as index and stock futures expire along with index and stock options.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Because these options expire within days or weeks, few are left for quadruple witching.
    Katherine Greifeld, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The witching hour finally arrives on December 2021, when Disney releases the first of the follow-ups.
    Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The witching hour of Halloween conjures up images goblins, costumes, and jack-o-lanterns and a real-life Houston Halloween tale which is far more sinister.
    Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Dousing, or water witching as it is known in America, has no basis in scientific fact.
    The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Nothing is more relaxing after a day of witching than to sit with Madame Stephany and her fabulous mediums in the musty parlor of her Bona Thompson mansion, munching on sweets and sipping her special brew.
    Staff Reports, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
  • That is the witching hour when thousands of solar-powered glass orbs on stems, created by the artist Bruce Munro, enfold visitors in an earthbound aurora borealis of shifting hues.
    Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Friday also marks what is known as quadruple witching, the simultaneous expiration of futures and options on stocks and indexes.
    Anneken Tappe, CNN, 20 Sep. 2019

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