How to Use sorceress in a Sentence

sorceress

noun

• The sorceress’s spell is broken, and the Beast turns back into the Prince.
  — Anna Fitzpatrick, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2017
• The Pagan's third leader has one of the most obvious names in the bunch: Circe, the sorceress from The Odyssey.
  — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2020
• That's Circeo as in Circe — the mountain was believed to be the place where the nymph-sorceress was exiled.
  — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022
• Consider the tenth book in Homer’s Odyssey, when Odysseus’ men arrive at the house of the sorceress Circe.
  — Martin Aitken, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• The film follows a modern-day sorceress who has the power to make men fall in love with her.
  — Linda Kessler, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
• Miller is a classics scholar and brings that knowledge to imagine the life of Circe, who was a sorceress.
  — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
• And of course there’s a love story with a sorceress named Yennefer (Anya Chalotra).
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2019
• And then, in walks the sorceress Sycorax, mother of Caliban.
  — Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
• In a darker, sorceress-like shot, his mother stands in the woods in an emerald green frock with sneakers.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2021
• Morgana was told that her destiny would lead her to become the greatest sorceress of all time.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 18 July 2020
• The story will center on Geralt, a princess named Ciri and a sorceress named Yennefer.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Aug. 2019
• Echoes of the legend raise the question of whether the lance buried with the woman at Gerdrup was actually a sorceress’ staff.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
• In it, the soldiers of the Black Company are in the service of a mysterious sorceress known as the Lady.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2018
• They group soon becomes wrapped up in a great conflict with a sorceress trying to compress time.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 11 June 2019
• Appearing in the flashback, Waddingham plays the Mother Witch, the sorceress who ties the young Sanderson sisters to the black flame candle.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Oct. 2022
• Kim dripping wet, Kim and her sisters, Kim as sculpture, Kim naked bending a knee, Kim as a sorceress from the future.
  — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 8 July 2022
• The child’s name is Sirse, a twist on Circe, a Greek sorceress who turned her enemies into animals.
  — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2020
• The story is about a queen, desperate to fulfill her love, who hires a powerful and feared sorceress named Gray Alys.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• Perkins is a poetic sorceress whose authorial wand wafts over the pages of her book and gently probes the depths of children’s souls.
  — Ellen Handler Spitz, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• The leader of a band of desert mercenaries is hired to kill a ruthless despot and his clairvoyant sorceress.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
• Then all sorts of witch mayhem ensues, and Agatha reunites with some old sorceress pals to regain her power.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 8 July 2024
• When Princess Calla’s sister is put into an endless sleep by an evil sorceress, Calla goes on a perilous journey to save her and the kingdom.
  — Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• As to returning players Davis and Joanne Whalley, as Sorsha — daughter of the movie’s evil sorceress/queen and now a queen herself — time has been kind to them.
  — cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
• And rather than sorceresses or dragons, the gatecrasher of this tale is none other than the global spectacle that is the Olympic games.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 26 July 2024
• The question is whether Vittoria will turn her against her parents, will take possession of her like a fairy-tale sorceress.
  — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
• What happened to Oliveira, the Brazilian sorceress, remains a mystery.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• Made of amethyst, bone, faience, glass, turquoise, and umber, and including phallic amulets, scarabs, a woman, a dancing satyr, and a head of Dionysus, they are thought to be the treasure box of a sorceress.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• Melinda, a powerful sorceress, Seng, a cosmic monk, and Edred, a warrior elf.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• The first Enchantress was a powerful Asgardian sorceress named Amora who is one of Thor’s main enemies in the comics.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 June 2021

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024