I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
supernatural/paranormal phenomena (= ones that appear to be against the laws of nature )
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Ghosts are one example of paranormal phenomena.
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■ NOUN
force
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Both Lyell and Wallace opted for a theory in which a supernatural force had affected the later stages of human development.
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He could be overcome only by a supernatural force .
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The Beowulf -poet often ascribes events to wyrd, and treats it in a way as a supernatural force .
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At times, you feel that you're being shifted by a supernatural force .
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It seemed as if some supernatural force was intent on operating the branch.
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Three, we are now within un-, sub- or supernatural forces .
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By the same token, they say that the devil is actively at work as a supernatural force .
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Persistent aggression requires an explanation in terms of exogenous, supernatural forces .
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As for its strictly supernatural origins, there is no clear consensus on that either.
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Lots of computer-generated technical dazzle in this fantasy about jungle animals escaping a supernatural board game and terrorizing a New Hampshire town.
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Our only hope for a good time is for the story to accelerate into amazing supernatural thrills.
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The Beowulf -poet often ascribes events to wyrd, and treats it in a way as a supernatural force.
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Their supernatural protagonists had encapsulated the virtues and vices of human beings, thoroughly homogenized.
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Unless you believe in some supernatural being, taking notes of our progress.
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Was it some supernatural sentinel of the Scarabae?
II. noun
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But it was a fear of the inexplicable, the unknown, not of the supernatural .
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I need facts, not stories of the supernatural .
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It also reminds us of how recently belief in the supernatural was part of life.
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Nor were more educated Protestants totally impervious to the pull of the supernatural .
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Successful golf requires luck, too, something to make you feel that the supernatural is on your side.