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Meanings of sorceress in English
Someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources.
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Examples for "witch"
Examples for "witch"
1
He was almost certain that the witch-finder was a gold cigarette case.
2
Now Sun journalists believe he has launched a witch-hunt to protect himself.
3
The beard was in Elizabethan times the recognized characteristic of the witch.
4
Have there been any attempts to bring Spiritualism into the great witch-hunt?
5
Russia quickly went down the path of self-isolation and witch-hunts for enemies.
1
The son's guardian was a wizard of great power but dubious principle.
2
I told you long ago that being a real wizard means sacrifice.
3
My own opinion is that the wizard left for his own reasons.
4
Each wields vast power, wizard-powerto rival the archangels and lesser gods.
5
For once, the wizard's magic was working right on the first try.
1
Paul McGinley must wish he was a magician, able to distort reality.
2
This wasn't the first time a magician worked for a western government.
3
As far as I was concerned, this made Charlie an absolute magician.
4
Whether or not he was also a magician is a moot question.
5
The awe of the magician became the stricken panic of the woman.
1
The news that Pung had hired the services of a new mage.
2
Raistlin did not hear Tanis's yell-the mage had already gone into action.
3
He thought of the odd way this mage always managed to disappear.
4
He relaxed, lowering his weapons; it was that strange foreign female mage.
5
Raj Ahten dared not give the mage time for a second attack.
1
A sorcerer is someone who can do some serious violence with magic.
2
She didn't need a soldier or a courtier; she needed a sorcerer.
3
Magiere was safe, and with the sorcerer gone, she would continue onward.
4
There was talk of Walker being a sorcerer possessed of great magic.
5
The men believe Muhammad is a sorcerer who can control the wind.
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The somber warlock was far, far away and would likely never return.
2
I could really do with some warlock magic right now, Holly thought.
3
The warlock had said that his elderly counterpart had used Vraad-style sorcery.
4
It was the Black Forest sorcerer, the supposed warlock of the neighbourhood.
5
The Quel leaned close-tooclose, as far as the warlock was concerned.
1
And the enchantress's cheek had twitched nervously when Miralissa mentioned the Order.
2
It is where the half enchantress Kostbera warns Hogni against leaving her:
3
So long as the enchantress was speaking, the spell was wholly impotent.
4
The town of Circeii, which Macaulay associates here with Circe, the enchantress.
5
Bring me my coven sister Sysselore, who was Syrcé the enchantress .
1
He wondered how long it would be before the enemy enchanter noticed.
2
The enchanter delayed not to present himself, mounted on his winged horse.
3
This then could not be the enchanter the Duke had talked about.
4
S: That they may bring to you every enchanter possessed of knowledge.
5
Here the hero appears, not as an enchanter, but as a physician.
1
In short, a breakdown on how to become a witch or warlock.
2
Remember, no one may become witch or warlock save of his own uninfluenced free will.
3
I've never met witch or warlock who did, myself included-and in one sense I'm his second in command.
4
They were two strange familiars-not of witches or warlocks.
Usage of sorceress in English
1
Since his treachery, the sorceress had seen Lochivan in a new light.
2
The archers had quitted it totrackthesorceress in the city.
3
The sorceress's voice came loud and reverberating: 'Let it all go, sister.'
4
Yes, that must have been the work of the sorceress of air!
5
A sorceress was someone with power, someone to fear, someone to respect.
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The herb juice in the clever sorceress's salve proved the best remedy.
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The sorceress began to speak in a low voice, almost to herself.
8
Sentries instantly appeared before their lord, their weapons ready for the sorceress.
9
Before sundown he saw the tall figure of the sorceress wending landwards.
10
The sorceress wanted to scream, but she knew that was bad form.
11
He said you were like a sorceress brought up in a nunnery.
12
Even as he spoke, another scarlet sorceress went to ground, and another.
13
The sorceress doubted he even had any idea what he could do.
14
In response to their united appeals, she points to the sorceress, saying-
15
Behind three humped rocks, a scarlet sorceress ambled on the valley floor.
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The girl whom you had adopted as your sister was a sorceress.
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