How to Use superstitious in a Sentence

superstitious

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• He's very superstitious and won't pitch without his lucky mitt.
• But even a superstitious skeptic like me knows enough to be grateful for a good roll of the dice.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
• But no one was superstitious enough to wear the uniforms again.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 July 2021
• But Apple isn't superstitious: Say hello to the iPhone 13—all four of them.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
• Lim is a practical guy and doesn’t get too superstitious about the sign.
  — Frank Shyong, latimes.com, 15 July 2019
• Sports fans tend to be superstitious — and many athletes are too.
  — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 6 June 2018
• Of course, bulls, by our nature, are not a superstitious bunch.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2020
• The scoreboard finally came on in the eighth, which probably didn’t sit well with the superstitious ones in the crowd.
  — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• In the superstitious world of baseball, the likely response to such a shipment would be: Hey, couldn't hurt.
  — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 18 June 2017
• Here’s a look home-opener highs and lows and— for the superstitious — a reminder of when the team won the World Series (highlighted years).
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• On top of that, baseball players have been known to be rather superstitious.
  — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Still, just like most ballplayers, the dude is superstitious.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2021
• Since miners are a superstitious lot, there are five horseshoes placed around the mountain to help bring luck to the eerie caverns.
  — Advertorial, Orange County Register, 15 Sep. 2019
• It’s one thing to avoid [talking about losing], to be superstitious about it.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2022
• But the last word in his name is a cognate for the Chinese word for death, which bothers more superstitious clientele.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• History of the superstitious date How many 'Friday the 13th' movies are there?
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Keith was superstitious and refused to play unless the heel could be fixed.
  — Rachel Kushner, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018
• Belchick is low-key superstitious and has worn blue for the Patriots’ last two Super Bowl wins.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 31 Jan. 2018
• One superstitious ash bat customer, Boltz recalled, got three hits in a game after his bats were flown to him overnight.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
• When Grey demands to know what Kerr has said, Jamie says the old man was speaking of white witches and superstitious nonsense.
  — Roxane Gay, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2017
• Meanwhile, superstitious Italians have used the gesture for many years to ward off the devil.
  — Travis M. Andrews, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
• Lacey Lord is not superstitious, and that’s probably a good thing.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2022
• The latest bombshell comes on a superstitious date: Friday the 13th.
  — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• Cohen was so superstitious that when his team took a 1-0 lead Cohen refused a request by one of his players to leave the bench to go to the bathroom.
  — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 27 May 2018
• Elba, superstitious, decides to bury the young man with his feet towards the house, to retain his spirit.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Dec. 2021
• My kids are now six and four, and the superstitious creature still lives in my mind and occasionally rears its head.
  — Kavin Senapathy, SELF, 16 Aug. 2017
• Hanyu is apparently a fan of the A. A. Milne character, and the superstitious skater sees him as a good luck mascot.
  — Alice Park, Time, 16 Feb. 2018
• Naples may not feel much like a superstitious place, not when the sort of victory that will shake the earth is so close at hand, but that wariness is there, just beneath the surface.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Bill Clark might be the most superstitious football coach in Alabama this week.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 9 Dec. 2020
• By her twenties, Beauvoir had renounced her faith, but was still superstitious enough to feel that Zaza’s death was hers to atone for.
  — Lara Feigel, The New Republic, 26 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024