Supernatural

//ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl//

"Supernatural" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Totem poles consist of a group of figures that represent animals, birds, fish, mythological beings and supernatural beasts.

There exist supernatural beings.

He believes in the supernatural.

I don't know whether she believed me or not but in any case it seems she doesn't automatically dismiss talk of the supernatural.

Falling in love is the one illogical adventure, the one thing of which we are tempted to think as supernatural, in our trite and reasonable world.

Tom believes in the supernatural.

Do you have any supernatural abilities?

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

In order to get me to believe in something supernatural, you need to provide me with unequivocal proof of its existence.

Tom claims to have encountered supernatural creatures in that wood.

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Near-synonym: paranatural

In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.

Stephen King's first novel is about a girl named Carrie dealing with supernatural powers.

We know from their literature that to our Saxon ancestors waste places of moor and forest and marshes were the resort of a host of supernatural creatures at enmity with mankind.

As with the Delphic oracle of ancient Greece, physical impairment seemed compensated by almost supernatural gifts, which allowed his mind to roam the universe freely, upon occasion enigmatically revealing some of its secrets hidden from ordinary mortal view.

Near-synonym: paranatural

The house is haunted by supernatural forces.

Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."

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