Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. From LearnThat.org. [John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), American statesman.]
In its widest sense, the word talisman is synonymous with amulet. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
Known as nazar, the evil eye talisman is particularly common in Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [How To Protect Yourself From Evil Eyes] Reference
In the minds of most persons the terms talisman, amulet, and charm are synonymous. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
The alien talisman is now in the possession of the Gorgon and her evil nuns, and they are preparing to open the portal to their world. From Wordnik.com. [Next on Sarah Jane Adventures : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts.] Reference
I touch a talisman, which is at the entrance into my chamber, the genie appears. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete] Reference
According to the myth, the talisman is the most powerful of all the magical charms. From Wordnik.com. [River God]
This he did by virtue of a most wonderful talisman, which is said to have come down to him from heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Nights 3-9. The Story of the Fisherman.] Reference
For Dalton Silverthorne, his talisman is a combat infantry badge from a soldier who had been here before. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007] Reference
So George Fairfax put the bauble in his waistcoat-pocket, and whatever sentimental pleasure might be derived from such a talisman was his. From Wordnik.com. [The Lovels of Arden] Reference
I can't carry MY "talisman" with me...just in my heart. From Wordnik.com. [Round Robin Challenge] Reference
I am hoping she has some kind of talisman tucked up her sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [Have You Ever Been Here.....?] Reference
I know you have a crucifix in your study that's a kind of talisman for you. From Wordnik.com. [Spending the Day with the President is a Big Waste of Time] Reference
Holding the flyer in her hand, like some kind of talisman, Meredith stepped inside. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
But if they want to give us some kind of talisman or charm for free, that's fine with me. From Wordnik.com. [Kingdoms of Light]
But it rather quickly became a kind of talisman for the rude or racist to dismiss any criticism. From Wordnik.com. [Stepford Genes II] Reference
He wondered whether she regarded it as a kind of talisman to protect her when talking to a rabbi. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet]
• Actually, they have become a kind of talisman—they are here on the desk as I write, although I never put them on. From Wordnik.com. [Flushing Out Shriek: An Afterword–Notes, Fragments, Research, Alternate Scenes] Reference
I hastened, looking on it as a kind of talisman, to draw it out and present it to him. From Wordnik.com. [A Gentleman of France] Reference
Rooney is the Premier League's leading scorer with 19 goals, and was described by Campbell as United's "talisman". From Wordnik.com. [Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Rooney is the Premier League's leading marksman with 19 goals, and was described by Campbell as United's "talisman". From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Rooney is the Premier League's leading goalscorer with 19 goals, and was described by Campbell as United's "talisman". From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
Alice Sebold's best-selling book similarly held up Susie Salmon's innocent fancies as a kind of talisman to ward off evil. From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
And, of course, they had their talisman: the incomparable Zidane. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of A 'Beautiful Story'] Reference
If a man lost his talisman, nothing could persuade him he'd survive. From Wordnik.com. [Yet another, as Icarus, waxless and featherless, falls] Reference
Bin Shaari ties a talisman containing an Arabic scroll to his arm for good luck. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting To Survive] Reference
In time, Jésus began to stroke his talisman, a Don Quixoté icon dangling from the rear view mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Maggie Van Ostrand: Bullfights Out. Ferdinand In.] Reference
He found his mother, dazed, near the "1,000-year-old tree" that locals believed is a protective talisman. From Wordnik.com. [Sichuan Learns To Help Itself] Reference
"It's more about expressing spirituality and wearing these things as a personal talisman, not religious icons.". From Wordnik.com. [Spiritual icons making their way into necklaces, bracelets, charms] Reference
They are also so frightened of the present and the future that they desperately clutch the past like a talisman. From Wordnik.com. [An American In Belfast] Reference
She believes her right shoe is essentially an offering and talisman bound together in a synergistic co-dependency. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Shoe] Reference
I fingered the tiny, gold lotus I wore on a chain around my neck, as though it were a talisman: her gift of friendship. From Wordnik.com. [Heron Lake] Reference
A little bird surmounted by a coronet, the whole rather badly sketched, was the strange talisman that had produced this change. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Upon his arrival at Geneva the novelist found a ring awaiting him; he considered it as a talisman, wore it working, and it inspired. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
This cryptic note, said to have been found in an old talisman in 1991, led at last to a yak-herding family's encampment in eastern Tibet. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Of The Living Buddhas] Reference
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