He could control what happened over a 162-game season; in a 5-game series, his magic didn't work.
If magic didn't work here, there must be some other type of force.
For once his magic had worked the way he wanted!
His magic didn't work too well against the spirits of people who had been killed by white man's technology.
From there on the words and music worked their magic.
She knew for a fact that magic did not work on everybody.
I can't do it now, the magic will only work once.
The old magic still worked but it was not quite so magical now.
If it moved intact, science and magic would work here.
I can't put it out two times running; the magic doesn't work.
Anything to do with magic works a bit strangely these days, you know.
If so, you will need my help in understanding how the magic works.
They don't understand how magic works either, but have much more exciting words to explain why not.
Most magicians, it seems, really do believe that magic works.
Once it knows how magic works, we can leave here.
But first we have to understand how that magic works.
So maybe some of your other magic works, too.
Let me go through, to see whether my conjure magic works.
These three perspectives are used to describe how magic works in a society.
"You know how the magic works," she said, and smiled when he shook his head.