How to Use witch in a Sentence

witch

1 of 2 noun

• Her mother-in-law is a bitter old witch.
• Who are the witches of today, and who are the witch hunters, and why?
  — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2022
• What's the best way to wear our hair under a pointy witch hat?
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 13 Oct. 2023
• Halloween is now in the rearview, but for some of us, this is still the season of the witch.
  — Liz Braswell, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
• The most popular of them all topped the list last year, too: a witch.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
• It's topped with a classic witch's hat and legs that hang from the bottom.
  — Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023
• In the first half of the clip, Carey wears a black patent-leather catsuit, thigh-high lace-up boots, and a witch's hat.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Nov. 2022
• In the comics, she is described as a witch with very pale skin, and always wears a tight black dress.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2022
• The two witches aren't the only actors who've had their lives changed for good.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
• Connecticut's witch trials were held in the mid-to-late 1600s.
  — CBS News, 1 Feb. 2023
• Connecticut’s witch trials were held in the mid-to-late 1600s.
  — Susan Haigh, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2023
• Near the house was a hill where the spirits of women who had been burned as witches were said to walk.
  — Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Becky Nurse is a salty woman who works at the witch museum in Salem.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• Among those competing for the prize were a Cat in the Hat, a pirate, a Taco Cat, a witch and a vampire.
  — Nhat V. Meyer, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
• Probably one of the more iconic witch movies out there.
  — Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
• There were cheeses the shape of witch hats and flowers, cheeses wrapped in nettle leaves or covered in ash.
  — Barry Neild, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• Witch Shoes Creep out your neighbors by leaving a pair of witch shoes on your front porch.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Aug. 2023
• Do something to piss off an old witch (Conan doesn’t count)?
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
• What kinds of crime did people need to ascribe to witches?
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Pufnstuf and island denizens try to help the boy get home in spite of the machinations of the witch and her doltish minions.
  — Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• This includes parades, fairs, and events — and of course plenty of haunted ghost tours at the site of the witch trials.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• This bewitching track will inspire you to watch a witch flick or two.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 28 Oct. 2022
• Of the many innovations one of the most striking is the mist effect used when the witch is being chased to her death by the dwarfs.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2022
• Now the witch has been burnt, and now the community is getting back to normal.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Amazon even has kids-sized witch costumes with light-up skirts!
  — Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 5 Oct. 2023
• Use these four napkin folds (pumpkin, ghost, bat, and witch) as the building blocks for the rest of your table decor.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
• The historian looks back on the witch hunts of centuries past in the series finale.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• The clip opens in black and white with Carey on a stationary bike, dressed as a witch and surrounded by jack o’lanterns and CG bats.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2022
• In the photo, the Glee alum crouches next to her little boy, smiling in jeans and a sweater with a paper witch hat on her head.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2022
• This animal shares a bond with the witch or vampire's power.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022

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witch

2 of 2 verb

• For the next three centuries, witch hunts and executions -- including the Salem trials of 1692 -- would sweep both the Old and New Worlds.
  — CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
• The favorite, at 4-5, hasn’t had a misstep for trainer Peter Miller, who is witching to jockey Flavien Prat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• Indeed, this 2016 intimate-scale opera is set during the McCarthy era witch hunts when gays in government were being hunted down.
  — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
• Lastly, for Mary—the bonkers witch who flies around on a vacuum cleaner—order a grande strawberries and cream Frappuccino.
  — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2020
• Mackay saw crowd dynamics as central to phenomena as disparate as the South Sea Bubble, the Crusades, witch hunts, and alchemy.
  — Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• This breakdown can also lead to witch hunts in which legitimate players are accused of cheating because players don't trust that the system is fair.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022
• The Delta Dental Pro-Am gives fans the opportunity to see pros up close playing the course, witch each pro matched up with four amateur golfers in a relaxed, intimate atmosphere.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2022
• Investors are warned that volatility can increase during a quadruple witching as traders adjust their positions.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2017
• But, ultimately, both witch and daemon prepared for this moment beforehand.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• There's little, if any, historical evidence directly linking real brewsters to witch trials.
  — Tara Nurin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• For the next three centuries, witch hunts and executions -- including the Salem trials of 1692 -- would sweep both the Old and New Worlds.
  — CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
• The favorite, at 4-5, hasn’t had a misstep for trainer Peter Miller, who is witching to jockey Flavien Prat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• Indeed, this 2016 intimate-scale opera is set during the McCarthy era witch hunts when gays in government were being hunted down.
  — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
• Lastly, for Mary—the bonkers witch who flies around on a vacuum cleaner—order a grande strawberries and cream Frappuccino.
  — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2020
• Mackay saw crowd dynamics as central to phenomena as disparate as the South Sea Bubble, the Crusades, witch hunts, and alchemy.
  — Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• This breakdown can also lead to witch hunts in which legitimate players are accused of cheating because players don't trust that the system is fair.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022
• The Delta Dental Pro-Am gives fans the opportunity to see pros up close playing the course, witch each pro matched up with four amateur golfers in a relaxed, intimate atmosphere.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2022
• Investors are warned that volatility can increase during a quadruple witching as traders adjust their positions.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2017
• But, ultimately, both witch and daemon prepared for this moment beforehand.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• There's little, if any, historical evidence directly linking real brewsters to witch trials.
  — Tara Nurin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024