the Garden of Eden

noun phrase

in the Bible
: the garden where Adam and Eve first lived

Examples of the Garden of Eden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And there are those who may view Coppola’s insistence that the Garden of Eden can be dialectically willed into existence as naive. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024 Within the book of Genesis, God positions man in the Garden of Eden with the instruction to tend to and maintain it (Genesis 2:15). Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2024 New Destiny Church ‘Genesis 2.0’ Third-year theater major Lucy Huckle plays seven roles in this world-premiere, one-person satire that deconstructs the Garden of Eden scenario. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024 After Adam was created and let loose in the Garden of Eden, his original job was human label-maker. Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Moon’s theology rests on the notion that Eve was seduced by Satan in the Garden of Eden before sleeping with Adam. TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 Some depict Biblical scenes, including one portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and another with an image of baby Jesus. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024 Increasingly, the early years of baseball became his main area of research and led to his 2011 book, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, an exceptionally thorough work, written in a breezy style and filled with innumerably delightful and surprising facts. Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024 Their symbolic power has a dark and thrilling history, beginning with their debut in the Garden of Eden, then turning up in Medusa’s coiffure, and even being found guilty for the murder of Cleopatra. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024

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“The Garden of Eden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Garden%20of%20Eden. Accessed 31 May. 2024.

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