How to Use magician in a Sentence

magician

noun
  • The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat.
  • She is a magician on the basketball court.
  • Face painters and a magician kept the kids busy and happy.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 28 June 2022
  • Jackson caught the pass and scored with his own magician’s touch off the backboard.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Since the day will be for people of all ages, there also will be a magician and face painter for the younger ones.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 6 June 2022
  • But there’s a new magician in town this week, and he’s taken top billing in Sin City.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The Magic of Puck, but the duo were unable to fool magician duo Penn & Teller.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The French drop is often one of the first tricks budding magicians set out to master.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Your character in the show, Donny Blaze, is a stage magician and a bit of a rebel.
    Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And like any good magician, electrons haven’t told anyone how the trick is done.
    Adam Becker, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2022
  • This film about a teenage magician, played by Johnny Pacar, is so fun to watch just for the magic tricks alone.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
  • So, there will be no magician that shows up or anything like that.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The famed magician notably passed away on Halloween, the same day Dua’s teaser went live.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Siegfried, the blond one, was the magician, the engineer, the perfectionist, the restraint.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But real wonder in the form of a roving magician who rolls up to your table?
    Ari Bendersky, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
  • There's a new magician in town, and her name is Kelsea Ballerini.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
  • During the magician’s public stunts, his wife, Bess, would often pass him the key to his handcuffs via a kiss.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In this special, a group of schoolchildren build Frosty and place a magician's hat on his head, bringing him to life.
    Robert English, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The palm of the second hand faces inwards, with the magician’s thumb concealed behind fingers.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Even when the magician’s friends are there specifically to meet the rabbit.
    Eli Coyote Mandel, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Even being a magician may play a part of that nostalgia.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2022
  • Later, a trick from a magician and Javier’s life coach would tease the night’s illusions (and delusions) among the dinner’s cast.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2022
  • In Haitian belief, a zombie could be a soul stolen from a living person by a magician.
    Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Taylor Swift is one such mane magician, showing off a little hairstyling sleight of hand on the red carpet at the premiere of her Eras tour movie.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The key to assuring the style holds up begins with your stylist and braider (and that includes you talented at-home DIY magicians).
    L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 21 June 2023
  • Treat dad to gelato with a magician, a barbecue along the Chicago River, or a 5k and free beer in Bridgeport.
    Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • Larry Hass bills himself as the philosopher magician and themes his show around ideas and beliefs.
    Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2023
  • There’s this writer Josephine McCarthy who’s a British magician and works in the realm of visionary magic.
    Sadie Dupuis, SPIN, 27 July 2022
  • The fourth episode is arguably the highlight, an old-school episode of the week farce concerning the mystic arts being coopted by a C-rate stage magician.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Hood-Schifino, in transition, loops the ball behind his back like a magician, scooping it up with his right hand for two.
    Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2022

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