How to Use supernatural in a Sentence

supernatural

adjective
  • And yet, the effect of a full moon on sleep isn’t just supernatural.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 16 Aug. 2024
  • At times, the movie has the moody feel of a supernatural suspense thriller, not a comic-book-style showdown.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The corpse of someone who died by violence was thought to bleed in the presence of his or her killer, a kind of supernatural proof of crime.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • No one is safe from the supernatural forces outside of their tents.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022
  • One of them gets too close and begins to make his life hell, and the kid has to utilize all his supernatural mojo to save his loved ones.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The kids aren’t all right in this creepy 2021 supernatural thriller from Norway.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The creepy vibes suggest the studio is plunging into the depths of the supernatural.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Each man needs guidance — and gets it — from a supernatural source.
    Peter J. Travers, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
  • There was good and evil in the world—not in the colloquial sense but in the literal, supernatural sense.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The film is designed as a supernatural fable that blends with the classic body horror, and the revenge thriller.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2024
  • How does the supernatural retain its hold on the theater world?
    New York Times, 7 June 2022
  • Fight supernatural creatures on the high seas and hunt for Davy Jones’ treasure.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
  • For Chekhov, all-too-human rage and passion are about as supernatural as the world ever gets.
    Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Known as the Bekora stones, the pebbles are thought to have supernatural powers.
    Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This shampoo is supernatural and thus a great pick for cleansing and maintaining a full head of healthy and shiny hair.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Then peel the star off for supernatural skin, just like PinkPantheress, all day long.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This supernatural horror film gets your heart rate up with some of the most unpredictable jolts.
    Leigh Hewett, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In the 1930s, a boatman on the Paraná River kidnapped and devoured children in the name of a supernatural being, El Horario.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And the body is transformed once a supernatural passenger is on board.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • Kids are being peer-pressured to take a hit of supernatural powers that none of them can control.
    WIRED, 29 July 2023
  • The police and town grapple with a murder that doesn’t make sense — and consider that supernatural forces may be at play.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • Of course since this is Stephen King, the secret of who the murderer is lies in supernatural elements.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The trio fights to protect themselves — and their minds — from the violent supernatural force.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Billy Zane has joined the cast of supernatural indie thriller The Evilry.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The people at the time may also have had a supernatural relationship with the cats.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The show’s supernatural frame involving Chimney Man feels more and more like a cheat.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • Schnapp plays Will Byers on the series, one of the main characters in an ensemble of kids who fight supernatural creatures in the 1980s.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Not so much in the upcoming A24 supernatural horror Talk to Me.
    Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • With a new crew in tow, Moana sets out on her biggest journey yet, taking on supernatural forces with a little help from Maui.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Could the sequel’s impressive, almost supernatural, returns mean a third entry is in the cards?
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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