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The supernatural

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Definition

supernatural /su:pǝ'nætʃrǝl; Brit also sju:-/ adj သဘာဝလြန္။ supernatural forces ❍ a person believed to have supernatural powers. ❏ the supernatural n [sing] သဘာဝလြန္ျဖစ္ရပ္။ တန္ခိုး ဣဒၶိပါဒ္။ belief in the supernatural. supernaturally /-'nætʃrǝli/ adv

Examples

  1. ‘More incredibly
  2. despite the supernatural nature of the show and carnival freaks
  3. this is one of the most realistic and believable groups of characters I have ever seen on television.’
  4. ‘You really get the feeling that uncontrollable supernatural forces have hijacked her life.’
  5. ‘In broad terms
  6. the border between moral influence and supernatural transformation was a porous one in Victorian culture
  7. one that was crossed and re-crossed with regularity.’
  8. ‘This collection represents the more bizarre and supernatural episodes produced in the series.’
  9. ‘However
  10. the similarity lies in that they both describe mysterious and supernatural events as they occur
  11. both of which remain resolved at the story's end.’
  12. ‘Meanwhile
  13. supernatural occurrences begin plaguing the boat
  14. starting with a record player that turns itself on at will.’
  15. ‘And with life-drained bodies turning up around the countryside
  16. it's clear that some supernatural force is at work.’
  17. ‘These social and supernatural forces have come to represent anxieties and energies restrained
  18. repressed
  19. or dismissed in modern Japanese and Euro-American society.’
  20. ‘But music continued to obsess him; in many of his stories
  21. he links it with supernatural forces.’
  22. ‘The court believes that supernatural forces manipulated the downfall of this picture.’
  23. ‘These are traditional hunters
  24. who harness supernatural forces to counter the terrors of the bush
  25. whose ancient traditions are being bizarrely reinvented in the modern world and whose music has had a profound impact on African pop.’
  26. ‘This language suggests an object that actually radiates a supernatural force
  27. as if through a halo-effect that influences all who come in contact with its great spirit.’
  28. ‘He is a monster with the unique combination of supernatural powers and extraordinary human characteristics that makes him a threat to humans everywhere.’
  29. ‘So whenever an overly supernatural event happens
  30. it's almost a distraction
  31. rather than the thrilling surprise the creators were hoping for.’
  32. ‘These theaters of anxiety illustrate collective helplessness in the face of unmanageable man-made
  33. natural or supernatural forces.’
  34. ‘They tend to sudden deaths
  35. supposedly via supernatural happenings.’
  36. ‘As critics have often pointed out
  37. this violence does not stem from supernatural forces but from material
  38. legal
  39. economic
  40. and social realities and inequalities.’
  41. ‘At one stage
  42. he finds himself hot on the trail of the mysterious
  43. possibly supernatural
  44. killer
  45. drawing himself into a disturbing and haunting climactic experience.’
  46. ‘The sun itself was worshipped and regarded as a supernatural force
  47. and all temples contained a shrine to the sun
  48. Ra
  49. or both.’
  50. ‘There are no supernatural events
  51. wild chases through the jungle
  52. superpowers
  53. or other falsehoods.’