How to Use superstition in a Sentence

superstition

noun

• It is a common superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck.
• There seemed to be an air of superstition to the streak for Marte.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022
• John on New Year’s Day in hopes that the superstition holds true.
  — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
• Out of superstition as well as grief, some choose to steer away from the tragedy rather than confront it head-on.
  — Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• That the best find of a trip will be on the last afternoon of the last day is a common paleo superstition.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
• There is a superstition to playing road games in Colorado and the data to back it up is there.
  — Casey Stavenhagen, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2021
• It’s time to get over any superstition or fear of discussing death.
  — Claire Zulkey, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• The superstition may be traced back to the fear that embodied in the rocks are the unlucky souls unable to make the journey to the afterlife.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
• Believing in things that cannot be touched and cannot be seen could be called faith or superstition.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2020
• This food superstition that originated in Spain is meant to bring you luck for the year ahead.
  — Ivy Jacobson Ford, Country Living, 22 Dec. 2022
• The problem with the iPhone 13 naming structure has to do with superstition.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 July 2021
• Writers were happy to note the superstition, either to goose it along or knock it down.
  — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
• Open the Windows Irish superstition states that every door and window must be open throughout the home when the clock strikes twelve.
  — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2023
• That’s tough to pinpoint, but much of the answer has to do with symbolism and superstition.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• This definitely has to be a superstition and a good-luck charm, for sure.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
• For those inclined to superstition, the error might seem like an omen—a foretelling of bigger mix-ups to come.
  — Longreads, 9 Apr. 2021
• Even the sergeant, whose difficult past spurs his hatred of superstition, starts to have some doubts.
  — Alissa Simon, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
• As the superstition goes, the single light protects actors, patrons and the theater from bad luck and ghosts.
  — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2020
• Post Malone is part of Choi’s superstition at this point.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
• The reason has nothing to do with superstition or hubris.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
• This led to the film’s acknowledgement of a sailor superstition that redheads are bad luck at sea.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2020
• Luke Mercier makes a day of it, keeping a diecast of his favorite driver with him during the races as a superstition.
  — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2020
• The Super Bowl is looming and superstitions are in high gear — and a certain pop star is finding herself right in the middle of some of them.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• And the superstition has bled outside of stories — even today, many hotels don't have a 13th floor.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
• Despite the superstition surrounding that day, six Mega Millions jackpots have been won on a Friday the 13th in the past.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Last year our readers shared their superstitions that helped get the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory.
  — Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• The superstition says that means six more weeks of winter for Milwaukee.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
• Europe in the Middle Ages was marked with superstition.
  — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2020
• Forget the superstition of leaving a pitcher alone the day of a start, or the way many basketball players will get in their zone with some headphones.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2022
• At the temples, these scholars observed the moon to better predict eclipses, which were viewed with great superstition.
  — Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024