How to Use healer in a Sentence

healer

noun
Definition of healernext
  • Movement is a tool and a healer, but even that changed last year.
    — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Her friends take her to a healer for an exorcism, which doesn’t work.
    — Emmanuel Ordóñez Angulo, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2021
  • By nature Biden is a healer and a bridge-builder, not a change agent.
    — Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Music has been used since our ancestors as a healer, as a way to get through pain.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Biden sought to cast himself as a healer and the president as a divider.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • She will be remembered as a healer and a protector with a deep love of nature.
    — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Biden is a healer who wants to get things done; prosecuting Trump undermines both those goals sharply.
    — Harry Litman Los Angeles Times (tns), Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • He's talked about being a bridge builder and talked about being a healer and a person who wants to bring America together.
    — CBS News, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Once, awaiting the chance to sift through the trash of a faith healer, Randi spent days in his car, eating Twinkies and drinking Pepsi.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Mexico may legalize the use of magic mushrooms — providing there is an Rx or an Indigenous healer.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
  • Plus, the resort partners with healers to provide visitors with perks like blessing ceremonies, wellness consultations, and sacred arts classes.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • Imam Ahmed Aboubadria is a healer of the soul, not the body.
    — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
  • One version of the story goes that Paeon, known as the healer of the gods, used a peony to treat a wound for Zeus.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • To be some sort of fixer and healer to those who feel broken.
    — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Virgo is the healer of the zodiac and cares deeply about those around them.
    — Emily Simone, Allure, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Even for those who have made it, the daily path of a new-age healer isn’t paved in rose-colored quartz.
    — Tatiana Boncompagni, Marie Claire, 7 June 2021
  • But in looking for a piece of herself, to use one healer’s phrase, Yoder is kind enough to bring us all along.
    — Longreads, 14 July 2023
  • The leader and healer of the group, Ajak (Salma Hayek) is the only person who talks to Arishem about their missions.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 9 Nov. 2021
  • So Raven to The Young and the Restless followed, as did a career as a tantric energy healer.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The Black guy who can make race a little less scary to talk about, who says that humor can be a healer, not just a minefield.
    — al, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The healer had to be part of the itinerary, along with the spa treatments, hikes in the red rocks, and other activities.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Honey is a great healer for the skin, which is why this moisturizer is so beloved by many.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Life coach and healer Helen MacMillan has helped many clients cope with states of overwhelm.
    — Jeannine Amber, Essence, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The park takes its name from Don Elijio Panti, a renowned Maya healer who worked from a small hut a couple of miles from the park’s entrance.
    — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • This could encourage Bap’s teammates to stay close to their damn healer.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • The healer’s job is to continuously restore the health of the tank as the latter keeps the enemy busy.
    — Thomas Lim, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • At Harrenhal, Alys is known as a healer with powers of prophecy—or, as some might call her, a witch.
    — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 11 June 2024
  • That family includes two boys, one four and the other 17, and a blue healer named Namu.
    — Cherie Saunders, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The Southern Baptists may need a healer, but Mike Huckabee doesn't seem to be in that business anymore.
    — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2021
  • Up and down Ocean Front Walk, the stalls of artists, vendors and a psychic healer or two filled the spaces beside the beach where tents and shanties had taken hold last year.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022

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