magical word

Example Sentences

• "IN December, 1917, General [Edmund] Allenby captured Jerusalem. Like every well-informed British officer, he kept before him the needs of the Empire. Some one whispered the magical word "potash" to him. He had Major T[homas] G[regory] Tulloch, a competent engineer, sent to survey the possibilities of the Dead Sea."
• "“They are upset,” Mr. [Cecil William] Stoughton quoted Mr. [Kenneth] Walker, the director, as saying. “What,” Mr. Walker reportedly asked “were you doing there?” “That word ‘they’ is the magical word, I suppose,” Mr. Stoughton said. “I do know he [Mr. Walker] got that picture from the White House. It's the file Ollie Atkins took.”"
• "“Abraxas,” according to the Dictionary of Witchcraft, was a god in certain Asian theogonies, whose name yielded the magical word “abracadabra.”"
• "Frank Coghlan Jr., a silent-movie child actor who later played young Billy Batson, who transformed into Captain Marvel by uttering the magical word “Shazam!” in the landmark 1941 serial “Adventures of Captain Marvel,” has died."
• "James and I believe we can bring that civility and compassion back into the world. Let’s start today with our children, by encouraging them to always say that wonderful, magical word: please."
• "“We still have a football game, and that is the magical word,” Goodell said. “We always want the focus on football. And I think that’s something that we do, and we do very well.[…]”"