supernatural event

collocation in English

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supernatural
adjective
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
caused by forces that cannot be explained ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofsupernaturalandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This action was largely to lead toward a greatsupernaturalevent, but had a great deal of real world notions of progress.
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Then the king fearing that it was asupernaturaleventwhich could harm him got the baby thrown into the pigsty.
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Shortly after their wedding, asupernaturaleventtests the strength of their love and commitment to each other.
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In the fantastic marvelous, thesupernaturaleventthat occurs has actually taken place and therefore the laws of reality have to be changed to explain the event.
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In museum gothic, the curator or scholar's repressed desire for a more intimate relationship with his object of study is frequently what triggers the story's supernatural events.
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It is a world where monsters and magic exist, yet the human psyche just can not fathom them and covers up all supernatural events.
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But the opening of the crypt has apparently freed the spirits of the five nuns, putting into motion a series of supernatural events.
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The genre can be subdivided into high fantasy where supernatural events are commonplace, and low fantasy where there are few or no supernatural aspects.
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While hiding there, supernatural events begin to affect the rabbis.
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It is set in a dense, uncharted rain forest surrounded by mysterious forces and supernatural events.
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This results in her being drawn into the supernatural world, with the show following her struggles in surviving supernatural events in the town.
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Maltese folktales include various stories about mysterious creatures and supernatural events.
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Instead of simply omitting unprovable, supernatural events, she invents crimes that believably suit the evidence.
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It had been argued in support of creationism that the second law of thermodynamics precludes biogenesis by a natural process; therefore supernatural events were required.
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Soon, however, he finds himself immersed in horrifying, supernatural events that could claim his life at any moment.
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She gets tangled up in sinister, supernatural events involving the awakening of an ancient, malevolent goddess.
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Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, incredible creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds.
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The marvelous may be easily confused with magical realism, as both modes introduce supernatural events without surprising the implied author.
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In some religions since ancient times, the birth of abnormal offspring has been associated with astrological or supernatural events.
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Her collection included folklore, supernatural events, legends of saints, and humorous anecdotal material.
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