How to Use supernatural in a Sentence

supernatural

adjective
  • My hope is to show that supernatural isn’t just the thing of myths and fables.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2021
  • My hope is to show that supernatural isn't just the thing of myths and fables.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2021
  • And yet, the effect of a full moon on sleep isn’t just supernatural.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The people on the series known as The Touched all have supernatural gifts.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2021
  • That, to me, is the reason for all the artifice — the obvious high style of my books and their use of the supernatural.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2021
  • At times, the movie has the moody feel of a supernatural suspense thriller, not a comic-book-style showdown.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Columns of light pierced its jagged crevasses, bathing the walls in supernatural shades of jade and pewter.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The corpse of someone who died by violence was thought to bleed in the presence of his or her killer, a kind of supernatural proof of crime.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Not to mention the legions of supernatural foes that Guts has to fight.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 22 May 2021
  • No one is safe from the supernatural forces outside of their tents.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022
  • The film also used the midnight sun and the changing light of the seasons to give it an almost supernatural look.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 29 Nov. 2021
  • One of them gets too close and begins to make his life hell, and the kid has to utilize all his supernatural mojo to save his loved ones.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The kids aren’t all right in this creepy 2021 supernatural thriller from Norway.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2022
  • There’s an abundance of twists, big fight and action scenes, and a veneer of the supernatural.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The creepy vibes suggest the studio is plunging into the depths of the supernatural.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Thanks to genetics, I was blessed with a full head of thick, healthy hair that grows at supernatural speed.
    — Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Only the supernatural will be able to help the village out of its limbo.
    — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The ghostly ringing of the bell is just one of the supernatural effects in a show where at least one creature goes airborne.
    — Bo Emerson, ajc, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Each man needs guidance — and gets it — from a supernatural source.
    — Peter J. Travers, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
  • In the supernatural-meets-musical-meets-thriller TV show, the dark secrets of the lead singer (Andy Biersack) threaten to tear the band apart.
    — Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Maybe if, say, a celebrity the naysayer loves and adores shared her encounter with the supernatural, the spook doubter might become more open to the idea of ghoulish friends.
    — refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • There was good and evil in the world—not in the colloquial sense but in the literal, supernatural sense.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The film is designed as a supernatural fable that blends with the classic body horror, and the revenge thriller.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2024
  • How does the supernatural retain its hold on the theater world?
    — New York Times, 7 June 2022
  • Fight supernatural creatures on the high seas and hunt for Davy Jones’ treasure.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
  • For Chekhov, all-too-human rage and passion are about as supernatural as the world ever gets.
    — Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Known as the Bekora stones, the pebbles are thought to have supernatural powers.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This shampoo is supernatural and thus a great pick for cleansing and maintaining a full head of healthy and shiny hair.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The Discovery Channel ghost hunters look into the building’s supernatural nature in the show’s latest episode.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
  • Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

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