Example sentences for: mystic

How can you use “mystic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Similarly, the mystic, Lady Julian of Norwich (1342-post 1416) took her masculine name from the Chapel of St. Julian where she had her Hermitage.

  • The story also made the front page of the New York Times and the Financial Times of London, which said that more than 10,000 members of a mystic cult called Fa Lun Gong caused acute embarrassment to security forces by virtually surrounding the compound where China's leaders work.

  • The songs are mystic in nature; many narrate the story of Christ’s life, his anguish, betrayal, his crucifixion and resurrection, and others praise the virtues of suffering and penance.

  • The walled city of Ávila is the birthplace of the mystic St. Theresa, who still commands intense devotion among her followers.

  • He is something very close to a mystic in that respect--a transcendentalist in the old New England literary tradition, agog at the indescribable radiance of the lawn at his feet, or at the white brilliance of the refrigerator door, or at the ever-dazzling dust motes floating through the sunbeams.


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