How to Use talisman in a Sentence

talisman

noun
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  • My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick of love bombs / My veins of pitch black ink.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The doll is a talisman that is supposed to keep them all safe.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The photo serves as a talisman for the idea of fairy tales, love, and duty.
    — Alegría Adedeji, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The evil eye has been around for thousands of years and is worn as a talisman to protect against the curse of the evil eye.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Like a sort of talisman, the ADMX team has ordered a bunch of the suds online.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The cap, made from recyclable glass is, according to the house a talisman that speaks of the word love.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • In the long months since, the album has become a talisman of the self-isolation era.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 July 2020
  • Even the in-house talisman, Jude Bellingham, has been dulled in action.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • Stanley became a beloved member of the team, the Jags’ version of a talisman.
    — Josh Bean | [email protected], al, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Braids, as strong as rope, are beautiful, and braids shield us — a talisman of order in a wild world.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2017
  • The talisman, sewn in crocodile skin, was given to Hafiz to carry on his body at all times, to help drive away the bad jinns.
    — Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Where many of the time would have dismissed the youth for his physical ailment, Mr. Felsch saw a talisman.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • For many, Didion herself was a talisman that there is more to this always-trying town than meets the eye.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Wafa flew to Cairo in July, having spent the last of her money, clutching the ghost ticket like a talisman.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 29 May 2021
  • Now Salah is Egypt’s leading scorer among active players and the talisman on a team about to play in its first World Cup in 28 years.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
  • Dest, rushing towards the six-yard box, played an inch-perfect header to Pulisic, the team’s talisman.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The team's young talisman Luka Doncic, 21, led the way with 24 points, eight assists and nine rebounds.
    — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Muslims want talismans adorned with Quranic verses or the name of the Prophet Muhammad.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2017
  • But the song kind of ended up turning into a bit of a protective talismans for me.
    — Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2017
  • The team talisman, who turns 38 on July 24, dealt with a herniated disk, forcing him to miss the first four games of the playoffs.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Hair is a talisman in the film, a symbol of so many elements of identity.
    — Maria Marrone, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There will be aggressive truth seekers mingling with folks who don’t give a fig about the talisman.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
  • Each lipstick comes in a gold, refillable case that feels like a bar of gold and looks like a fancy weapon or perhaps a talisman of some sort.
    — Sable Yong, Allure, 8 May 2019
  • Perhaps the cure could come with the token that might preserve its own memory, like a talisman.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
  • It looks set to be a busy transfer window for the club, with talisman Antoine Griezmann believed to be close to agreeing terms with a move to Barcelona.
    — SI.com, 24 May 2018
  • Dani decides bedtime is a time to discuss the talisman with Flora.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The Firestarter is a talisman as well as a curse; non-human powers want it, and now Taryn’s sin of revenge has laid her open to attack, and not just from one quarter.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Its problem in Russia hasn’t been so much on the field as off it where Neymar, the team’s captain and talisman, has been an emotional wreck.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
  • Many were once kept in priests’ pockets or sewn into clothing, as talismans.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • This was only Serbia’s second medal of the Games, and the country’s sporting talisman had achieved it without dropping a set in the competition.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024

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