How to Use wizardry in a Sentence

wizardry

noun
  • The Lord of the Rings is a story of monsters, heroes, and wizardry.
  • Once in the air, all of the technical wizardry fades away.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The niches are just the start of the visual wizardry in this one-bedroom space.
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, House Beautiful, 11 Mar. 2019
  • The wizardry enables Baleka to push off the ground, even leap.
    David Wilson, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2019
  • My mom’s wizardry didn’t have the same power over her, though.
    Tamara Mena, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Cavill couldn’t just shave his stache, so the producers used CGI wizardry to erase it for the screen.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Jack Thorne is the writer behind the wizardry that unfolds on stage.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
  • The Tampa Bay Rays, for all their wizardry, never have won 100.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2021
  • That kind of wizardry is what makes Scott Dixon Scott Dixon, and more of it could be on display this weekend.
    Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2018
  • This is one of the upsides of so much electronic wizardry.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And what more fitting time to produce his late-game wizardry than Game 7?
    Dallas News, 6 June 2021
  • There are no magic BI tools and no black-box AI wizardry that can make this happen alone.
    Leah Pope, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Never mind that Mahlalela had just showed Kuminga video of DeRozan’s pump-fake wizardry.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The moment of wizardry came in the second half, as Jesus brought the ball down on the halfway line, as the Dutchman dived in to make a challenge.
    SI.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • When you're done watching him work his wizardry, read on for the story behind each room!
    Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The wizardry of it is that the look has the polish of a full suit without actually being one.
    Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 17 Oct. 2017
  • But long before there was a school of witchcraft and wizardry, there was the Magic Castle.
    Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The movie burns brightly at its core, and digital wizardry makes the skating scenes thrilling.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2017
  • One thing people do know South Korea for is their high-tech wizardry.
    Kyle Edward, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The Hogwarts Castle blanket features the famed school of witchcraft and wizardry and has owls at the top and bottom.
    Lyndsey Matthews, Cosmopolitan, 27 Oct. 2017
  • His defensive wizardry saved a run, and his clean throw to first ended the fifth inning.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
  • For better or worse, here’s how the NBA is pulling off its technical wizardry.
    Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2020
  • His passing wizardry fooled defenders and his on-court savvy helped him get steals and take charges.
    Ben Bolch, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
  • The character would later bring Harry to the school of witchcraft and wizardry.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2022
  • But his rise to prominence wasn’t nearly as smooth as his martial arts wizardry on screen.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 7 June 2020
  • The highlight for me is the Barack Obama Tech room, where a capable crew of teens helps kids learn the wizardry of computers.
    Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
  • Georgia found a grander dose of offensive wizardry late on its next drive.
    New York Times, 4 Dec. 2021
  • In other words, true sci-fi wizardry is a long way off and may ultimately be a pipedream.
    Josh Wilbur, WIRED, 4 June 2019
  • Nick Bril’s culinary wizardry is a fine match for the setting, a former chapel with vaulted ceilings and an open kitchen perched on the old altar.
    Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The technical wizardry serves the drama, rather than distracting from it, said Arifa Akbar in The Guardian.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Feb. 2024

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