How to Use medicine man in a Sentence

medicine man

noun

• It had probably been carried for years in the pouch of a medicine man.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2018
• Sitting Bull, born in 1831, was chief and medicine man of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2021
• Dine Nez gathered up the package and had a medicine man perform a ách'ááh tsodizin over them.
  — Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
• After a trip to the hospital brought no relief, her father took her to a medicine man.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
• The artist in this context was the medicine man and the person needing healing would sit in the sand art upon completion.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2020
• Andy tries to save Aunt Bee and her friends from a charming traveling medicine man whose elixir turns out to be 85% alcohol.
  — Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2017
• From time to time the medicine men come to their clients and jab magically treated needles into their flesh.
  — Gabriel Winant, The New Republic, 23 May 2018
• Kaydahzinne, the medicine man, says White Man’s science is good for many purposes, but cannot fathom the spirit world.
  — AZCentral.com, 23 July 2019
• To find a way through this impasse, Begay met with a medicine man at her uncle’s house for a ceremony.
  — Oscar Schwartz, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• Julia Roberts goes back to the medicine man, who totally doesn’t remember her, which is very funny.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 May 2021
• Families asked medicine men to sing Protection Way songs before the season, chants through night until dawn cracked open the sky.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2019
• Edwards learned from his father, a medicine man, how to treat illnesses by tapping into the power of rattlesnakes.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
• After his time in the Marine Corps, Vandever became a Navajo medicine man.
  — Shondiin Silversmith, azcentral, 31 Jan. 2020
• Pete, of the Las Vegas Indian Center, described the role of the medicine man in their culture as a highly respected leadership post.
  — Rio Yamat, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
• Julia Roberts is swanning around Bali trying to interview a medicine man, who has shrewd advice for her about her romantic life and words of caution about her finances.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 May 2021
• Her mother, who came from a lineage of medicine men and women, clung tightly to the seasonal rituals of gathering plants and keeping sacred songs.
  — Rowan Moore Gerety, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• Beau Goodwin, one of the men who came out to provide support for the women's burn event, is a cultural practitioner and medicine man when not serving as an engine captain for the Forest Service.
  — AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2023
• The medicine man gave Dennison an arrowhead talisman and a bottle of mountain herbs to shield her from evil spirits and the perils of contact with the deceased, a regular occurrence in her line of work.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
• Much of her reconnection has been spiritual, beginning with learning about her great great grandfather who was a Yoeme medicine man and a painter himself.
  — AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Likely the hatáli, or traditional medicine men, who figure in the fictitious world of Hillerman’s monolithic Navajo still exist, though their numbers have dwindled.
  — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
• Maddon is known for gimmicks — concocting themed-attire trips, bringing in musicians and DJs, inviting a medicine man and setting up a zoo, among a long list of stunts — that allowed his players to feel at ease while also being pushed to succeed.
  — Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
• Her mother’s maternal grandfather was a medicine man who performed healing ceremonies up until his 104th year.
  — Oscar Schwartz, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
• Police and prosecutors have said that in the decades since appearing in the Oscar-winning movie, Chasing Horse had marketed himself to tribes nationwide as a medicine man with healing powers who could communicate with higher beings.
  — Rio Yamat, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024