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 One way to portray Milton is as a writer who entrusted his daughters with 11,000 intricate lines of his epic poem about Adam and Eve’s temptation in the Garden of Eden and the triumph of wily Satan. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024 Adam and Eve’s cautionary tale of humanity’s fall from grace in the Garden of Eden could provide a patron the public veneer of biblical piety. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024 The Christian creation myth, for instance, conjures the Garden of Eden, a lush paradise where food was plentiful and pleasure abounded. Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024 The most famous garden, certainly in literature, is the Garden of Eden. Jessica Ferri, Washington Post, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Garden of Eden 

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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 6 Oct. 2024.

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