asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village
Recent Examples on the WebThe short story centers a sorceress (Jovovich) who must travel to the dangerous Lost Lands alongside her guide (Bautista) to find a magical power that allows someone to transform into a werewolf.—Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024 Even after playing a sorceress on Wheel of Time, Rosamund Pike still has a few more tricks up her sleeve.—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024 After decades of feeding little girls to a magical snake to maintain her youthful complexion, Esther, a local sorceress who was granted the gift (or curse?) of eternal life but not eternal youth, has set her sights on an even more powerful elixir.—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024 That song, though, is one of the album’s best — a thunderous collaboration with the pop sorceress Florence Welch, who blows in like a gust of fresh air and allows Swift to harness a more theatrical and dynamic aesthetic.—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024 To get herself out of trouble, Zhen distracts Po with word of a treacherous sorceress, the Chameleon, voiced by Viola Davis.—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024 Then, as an adult on the throne, she’s revered by her people both as a ruler and as a sorceress, and this fearsome reputation proves strategically important.—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024 Salem also portrayed the evil sorceress Belor on the 1981-82 ITV kids series Into the Labyrinth and the organized crime family member Joanne Francis on the BBC soap Eastenders for two seasons (1988-89).—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024 Meanwhile, an evil sorceress (Viola Davis) plans to re-summon all the master villains Po has conquered in his past.—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
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