How to Use voodoo in a Sentence

voodoo

noun

• There’s a ghost tour, a voodoo tour, and a cemetery stroll.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2021
• When the voodoo-doll streak was broken, so was the winning streak.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• We were being controlled, like voodoo dolls in the palms of Big Tech.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 9 Sep. 2020
• The one Haitian character brings a virus back from the island and has a thing for voodoo dolls.
  — Junot Díaz, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2020
• But the $64 million question is, who put the voodoo on Harden?
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 12 May 2017
• On average, both groups used the same number of pins to stab at a voodoo doll on a screen.
  — Ian Haydon, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
• Marie LaFleur is a voodoo priestess who lives in New Orleans.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2020
• Does Adora think Camille is a voodoo doll or something?
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 30 July 2018
• One that falls somewhere between a small joke to oneself and voodoo?
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 21 Mar. 2018
• And the voodoo economics the Chiefs and the Buccaneers are dabbling in could someday come with a steep price.
  — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
• Jordan-Hare has some voodoo magic left for the Iron Bowl, but 7-5 is the most likely scenario now.
  — John Talty | [e-mail], al, 14 Nov. 2021
• So there’s no reason to fear the voodoo that has ailed the Browns in Tomlin’s house for 14 straight regular seasons.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• It’s because of Flora, who appears to be doing some kind of voodoo.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• This rings true for travelers who take voodoo tours in New Orleans.
  — Natalie B. Compton, The Know, 27 Oct. 2019
• My room, the William Winters Room, is haunted by the spirit of a voodoo priestess brought in to save a child named Kate from yellow fever.
  — NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• The signature doughnut will be shaped like a voodoo doll and include a pretzel stake.
  — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
• Beyond the slave trade, Ogu land is also noted for the voodoo widely practiced there.
  — Sam Olukoya, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
• The middle room will have a New Orleans/voodoo theme, with hanging skulls, red curtains and paintings of tarot cards.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 15 Dec. 2021
• The Rays pulled their usual pitching voodoo, with an opener drafted in the 45th round and a closer with no career saves.
  — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
• Diahann Caroll brings to life the character of a voodoo witch.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 5 July 2023
• Haitian and African immigrants brought voodoo beliefs about black cats, fire and witchcraft.
  — CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
• Trans youth don’t need fear-mongering goober politicians trying to ‘fix them’ with red state voodoo.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 10 Mar. 2022
• A woman tried to bring items for a voodoo ceremony in her suitcase.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2017
• The answer says a lot about the voodoo economics of the food-delivery industry.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• Vegas Voodoo makes voodoo dolls and other good luck charms for Las Vegas gamblers.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2021
• The date, which occurs on or around the summer solstice, is important in voodoo culture.
  — NOLA.com, 23 June 2017
• The Alabama voodoo wasn’t going to snatch this win away after nearly a decade of failure.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Nov. 2019
• Lynn was more forgiving of Meaux and his financial voodoo.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
• The gallery began to build a collection of sacred voodoo art in the late 60s, when the second generation signed on to help run the business.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 July 2019
• Miss Americas are not crowned wearing voodoo masks and mumus.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024