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Recent Examples of sorceress
She’s never actually played a magical sorceress, a character that potentially has been alive for hundreds of years, who is cursed to grant people wishes, knowing that those wishes won’t really deliver what people want.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025
In the production, Williams plays the sorceress Viola Van Horn.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 23 Nov. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025
In the production, Williams plays the sorceress Viola Van Horn.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorceress
Noun
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My hair resembled that of a cartoon witch: thin, brittle, overly straight, and falling out in alarming amounts.—
Liz Krieger,
Allure,
15 Apr. 2025
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The play asks the vital question of when a witch hunt becomes a witch hunt — but also invites us to ponder who gets declared a witch, who are the hunters, and who deserves to be hunted.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lorre and Karloff also play sorcerers, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo and Dr. Scarabus, respectively, while Nicholson is Rexford Bedlo, the son of Lorre’s character.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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The movie is about a young man with magical powers who travels to his uncle with the request to fight his sorcerer father.—
Claire Moses,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorceress. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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