Sentences with phrase «as witch»

The pot can double as a witch's cauldron.

One can only imagine what type of problems they'd have with regulators if, like Pfizer, they'd referred to one of their drugs as witch's brew or snake oil.

A Canadian woman is to appear in court on Christmas Eve for posing as a witch in order to defraud a grieving Toronto lawyer in a case that invokes a century - old law, police said Thursday.

Persaud was accused of posing as a witch to gain the trust of a Toronto lawyer and subsequently defrauding him of more than $ 27,000.

The charges against Persaud resemble the witch craze in that she was accused of practicing witchcraft for engaging in certain types of behaviour, though she did not self - identify as a witch.

Police in Toronto allege that Persaud posed as a witch to defraud veteran criminal defense lawyer Noel Daley out of more than $ 100,000.

Scientists denounced Smith's efforts as a witch hunt, and NOAA fought the subpoena, instead meeting with Smith and his staff multiple times to discuss the research.

Some poor crone or youthful beauty would be seized & tried as a witch, all because she rubbed a herb on a scratch to heal it, she'd be dunked in a pond until she either drowend or didn't, if she drowned she was innocent, if she survived, she would be hung or burned at the stake.

The title refers to a Viennese plague column from the 17th century, in which the bubonic plague is represented as a witch; the victory over disease is imagined as the conquering of an unruly and malignant femininity.

However, the sculpture actually comprises an invisible globe of space, as a witch has been asked to cast a curse on an 11 - inch sphere floating 11 inches above the top of the pedestal.

Utilizing her talents and abilities as a witch, Wicce must contend with the manifestations of the plague that now roam the countryside and the nearby city in order to achieve her goal.

Newer pixelated horror titles such as Home and even lesser known ones such as The Witch's House are good examples of how visual simplicity allows the story and the feelings the game elicits to overlay what is otherwise nothing more than a wire frame for our imaginations.

I suppose the simplistic nature of running to the left and jumping was more appealing than reading as some witch doctor tells me where to go next.

She has little time to lament her plight, though, as the witch Delilah organizes a new plot to usurp the throne, launching a coup that casts Emily from power.

As a witch with magical powers and deadly weapons, you'll flow gracefully in battle from one angelic enemy to the next in this critically acclaimed game.

Here they attempt to save Espella who is about to go on trial as a witch.

It's just annoying that as a witch your primary method of dealing with stuff is shooting it in the face.

This slows the usually supersonic action down to a crawl, allowing you to, within that brief timeframe, gain a vital edge over your enemies, not always only in regards to speed, but also because enemies that you were previously not able to knock into the air can be with certain combos, just as long as Witch Time is activated.

As a witch you are never directly step onto the board as a playing piece, rather you circle the village high above on your broomstick and simply have your familiars do all the groundwork for you.

You can rent boards in many different locations in Tamarindo, such as Witch's Rock surf camp, Iguana surf club, Kelly's surf shop and many more.

Apart from surfing on the local breaks, students and teachers venture out to various other surf destinations such as Witch's Rock, Ollie's Point, Playa Grande, Playa Langosta, Playa Negra, Avenallas, Ostional and Costa del Sol.

Surfers flock to the near - perfect break at Playa Naranjo, which is created by the legendary offshore monolith known as Witch's Rock.

Any other conclusions have no basis in fact, and are what is commonly referred to as witch hunting.

Two hundred sixty miles to the east, near Hugo, Oklahoma, animal advocate Ruth Steinberger was dressed as a veterinary technician who doubles as a witch when ANIMALS 24 - 7 called her on behalf of SHARK to ask who might help the pigeons.

Branded as a witch and rejected by her own kind because of her red hair, Avery resigns herself to a life in the slave house until a chance meeting with a powerful Lycan named Tristan Williams.

He learns that a newcomer, Catriona Beldame, is regarded as a witch and various men have been seen visiting her.

He has spent his entire life as the witch's minion.

Dressed as a witch, she gazes out her bedroom window until the time is just right, and with broomstick in hand, she slips out the door.

When a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights.

Being burned as a witch is not safely enough off the agenda.

Centuries ago, she might have been condemned as a witch but as recently as sixty years ago she might have been deemed insane and committed to an asylum.

The panel began with the announcement of two new novel adaptations, joining other titles such as Witch & Wizard and Soulless.

As the reasons for Isa's sudden appearance become less clear with each passing day, she is viewed with increasing suspicion by the tight - knit women of Cradle Cross who come to see her as the cause of the town's accelerating misfortunes and ultimately fear her as a witch.

In fact Streep herself, at the age of sixty - six, does a smashing job portraying a rock singer of about fifty - five, exhibiting the talent with her vocal cords that she demonstrated as the witch in Rob Marshall's «Into the Woods.»

Ms. Streep is extraordinary as the witch (both nasty and beautiful) and does a terrific job with her three main songs.

I don't think there's a better example of auto pilot nominating than Meryl Streep's Supporting Actress nomination for her role as the witch in Rob Marshall's middling adaptation of the Sondheim musical.

Meryl Streep will certainly be gunning for Oscar number 4 with her role as the Witch, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt and Anna Kendrick should find themselves back in awards contention.

A read - through was held more than 20 years ago, with Goldie Hawn and Robin Williams as the infertile baker and his wife, Cher as the witch who commissions them to fetch bits and bobs (cow, slipper, cape, hair etc) from the forest so she can break the spell, Danny DeVito as the giant, Steve Martin the big bad wolf and Roseanne Barr as Jack's mother, fed up with her son's bad haggling.

Pontiac, MI., July 25, 2011 — Walt Disney Pictures» fantastical adventure «Oz The Great and Powerful,» directed by Sam Raimi, went in front of the cameras at the brand - new Raleigh Studios in Pontiac, Michigan, on Monday, July 25, 2011, boasting a stellar cast that includes Academy Award ® nominee James Franco («127 Hours») as the young wizard, Golden Globe ® nominee Mila Kunis («Black Swan») as the witch Theodora, Academy Award ® winner Rachel Weisz («The Constant Gardener») as Kunis» sister Evanora and two - time Oscar ® - nominated actress Michelle Williams («Brokeback Mountain,» «Blue Valentine») as Glinda, the Good Witch.

Tellingly, it's when the nuts and bolts of the plot kick in: as the witch's pivotal 16th birthday approaches, good...

The cast can not be faulted (except for Eva Green as the witch, who does well at times but is mostly over-the-top).

What's more, I became a big fan of Maggie and Pete, playing a couple who are completely at ease with one another, whether it's Maggie gently prodding Pete as he admires Maria in her swimsuit («Just browsing,» he says), or Pete gently expressing his disbelief over Maggie's suspicion that she's the reincarnation of an ancestor who was burned as a witch.

Just as the Witch explains the origin of the curse, she also offers the Baker and his Wife an out.

«You are beautiful on the outside, and men do like that,» says Parkinson, rather delightful as a witch - like brewer of potions whose psychic radar is a tad askew.

A Quiet Place feels like a conscious attempt by Paramount to ape the Blumhouse blueprint, much like A24, another fleet and industrious production company, which has achieved critical inroads with idiosyncratic horror - adjacent movies such as The Witch, A Ghost Story and It Comes at Night.

Slow and steady wins the race here as The Witch is more psychological horror than anything that could be considered run - of - the - mill.

Possibly the best - known anime feature apart from Spirited Away, this charming comedy about a teenager who leaves home to try her luck as a witch was Japan's highest - grossing film of 1989.

There's a lot of Meryl Streep as The Witch singing, the trailer gives us a preview of her song, «Stay With Me.»

Before Sophie can figure out just what's going on, she has been cursed by that woman, who many know as The Witch of the Waste.

The Disney film has an all - star cast, including Meryl Streep as The Witch, Johnny Depp as the Wolf, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Chris...