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Example sentences for: mal
How can you use “mal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Mal Ojo (Evil Eye)
The best place to take in the extraordinary lunar landscape is the Mirador de Mal Pas, about 4 km (21/2 miles) from Port de Pollença along an adventurous, twisting road.
During the night the egg is believed to still be extracting fever from the patient, and in the morning if the egg is found to be cooked, it is a sign that the patient had mal ojo.
In this obscure pantheon, a place must be reserved for Klaus Kinski, the erratically gifted Polish-German actor and noted mal vivant , who tried to publish the English version of his autobiography in 1988 under the massively ironic title All I Need is Love . The book was caught in a copyright dispute between Random House and a West German publisher, with huge libel problems looming; it was withdrawn shortly after publication, and became one of the books most often stolen from public libraries.
The fear of mal ojo also indicates that mothers and other adults are distrusting of a person who acts in a more familiar way than is culturally appropriate.