How to Use hex in a Sentence

hex

noun
  • He claimed that a witch had put a hex on him.
  • The two share a kiss as the hex starts to disappear around them.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Then, legend has it, put a 60-year hex on the franchise.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Over the years, the lunch has become both a good luck charm and a hex for candidates.
    — Willie Brown, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 June 2018
  • The broadcast ends and cuts out after the hex expansion at the end of Episode Seven.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021
  • Calgary did have early momentum to try to end the 13-year hex.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 4 Apr. 2017
  • And that meant releasing the hex, including letting go of all who were born from it.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The Rangers will try to break Carolina’s home hex over visiting teams in Game 5 on Thursday.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • Plesac, despite the no-hitter hex and losing a winner-take-all bout with his uniform, learned to grind in 2021.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Some fans tried putting a hex on Creighton players, raising their hands and moving their fingers when Bluejays were at the free-throw line.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Williams told investigators her husband caused the crash by putting a hex on her.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The latter group cast a guerrilla-theater hex on Wall Street that Halloween.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 23 May 2018
  • Mysticism and hexes and sorcerers are the stuff of daily life here.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2017
  • There seems to be a hex surrounding the Southwest Classic for Arkansas.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Singer Lana Del Rey took part in the mass hex, and encouraged her fans on social media to participate too.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Will Jill Ellis’ team finally cast off the demons, or will the old enemy continue its hex?
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, https://www.inquirer.com, 6 June 2019
  • The hex worked; the Brewers won three straight games immediately thereafter.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2019
  • In a heavy accent the statue conveys to Jessi that her period is a kind of synechdochal feminine hex.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Each student got to design their own letter — some shaped like screwdrivers, others like hex keys or circular saw blades.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • The handle is made from rosewood and holds a hammer, knife, can and bottle opener, hex nut wrench, screwdriver with interchange bit, Phillips drill bit, and a flat head drill bit.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2020
  • Tess plays a Nirvana-like, single-note riff on the former while singing about how spiders, broken mirrors, black cats, and hexes scare her less than returning to the lover who wronged her.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Assembly requires hex keys, which are included, and a phillips head screwdriver, which is not.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • The investigation gained steam weeks later when Shannon Ryan, the 38-year-old self-professed witch, turned to social media claiming to have put a hex on Cavett.
    — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Soon basket weave, penny-round and hex designs became ubiquitous in homes.
    — Michelle Brunner, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Wanting the floor to have a bit of pattern that wouldn't compete with the wallpaper, Honja installed inexpensive hex tiles from Home Depot in wide black-and-white stripes.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2021
  • That whatever curse or hex or inability to advance in the postseason is over.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 26 May 2018
  • There's not a spell or hex or incantation strong enough to overturn Netflix's decision.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The sink wall features Calacatta marble hex tile with light gray veining that matches the Shaker-style cabinetry.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2022
  • This multitool from Garrett Wade features two hex wrenches, six screwdrivers, a wire cutter, a crimper, file, drill, bottle opener, and so much more.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
  • These high-performance socks are made with hex construction to optimize breathability in the most common hot spots.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Sep. 2023

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