hexed; hexing; hexes
: to practice witchcraft
hexer
noun
hex
4 of 5adjective or noun
hexagon
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Examples of hex in a Sentence
Verb
I think our plans have been hexed from the start—everything is going wrong.
Noun
He claimed that a witch had put a hex on him.
people who used to believe that misfortune was caused by evil hexes and mischievous sprites
Recent Examples on the Web
Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Thus, he became known as a super-callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024
But Hex has the power of an actual hex, thanks to the way the Canadian singer/songwriter and co-producer Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) bend odd samples, akimbo beats and snaking guitar lines into weird shapes that carry the echo of folk music, tropicalia, exotica and various strains of pop.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024
Katie O’Hanlon, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
Even if your slot- or hex-head base and ring screws are not damaged, consider replacing them with torx screws.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020
Katie O’Hanlon, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
Even if your slot- or hex-head base and ring screws are not damaged, consider replacing them with torx screws.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020
See all Example Sentences for hex 
Verb
In Search of Closure: After a romantic or platonic breakup, these people turned to hexing spells, smashing plates and erasing all traces of their exes from their digital life.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Thus, he became known as a super-callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
Noun
For example, in HTML, the < and > characters are often escaped by converting them into their unicode hex value equivalents < and > to prevent them from being interpreted as HTML tags by a browser.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024
But Hex has the power of an actual hex, thanks to the way the Canadian singer/songwriter and co-producer Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) bend odd samples, akimbo beats and snaking guitar lines into weird shapes that carry the echo of folk music, tropicalia, exotica and various strains of pop.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024
Adjective
This made no sense—our last (pre-hex) texts were about where to go to dinner that night.
—Katie O’Hanlon, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
Even if your slot- or hex-head base and ring screws are not damaged, consider replacing them with torx screws.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020
Adjective or noun
This made no sense—our last (pre-hex) texts were about where to go to dinner that night.
—Katie O’Hanlon, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
Even if your slot- or hex-head base and ring screws are not damaged, consider replacing them with torx screws.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020
See all Example Sentences for hex
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“Hex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hex. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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