I repeat it to myself, talismanically: We are the smoke from the cannon's mouth.

I wear it, talismanically, to weddings, funerals and other solemnities, on long drives toward meaningful destinations.

Rambo wasn't even bothering to gesture talismanically with his Webley; it hung forgotten at his side.

Colonels and brigadier generals begin to emerge from the shadows of the jungle, like some especially bizarre native tribe, clutching their attache cases talismanically.

Your editorial the same day talismanically invokes the mantra that there is "no military solution" in Iraq, although establishing security is a fundamental prerequisite of any acceptable outcome, and that is obviously a military task.