How to Use Helios in a Sentence

Helios

noun
  • For some of the testers, the Helios 3 Blackout was a bit of a head-scratcher.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
  • That is why helium gets its name from Helios, the Greek sun god.
    Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 4 July 2023
  • The boy asked to drive the chariot of the sun, the one that Helios drove each day to make the sun rise, pulled by four horses of enormous power.
    Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • Egyptian blue showed up on the belt of the goddess Iris, on another figure’s snake-like legs and on the crests of waves from which the god Helios emerges.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Named after the driver of the Greek god Helios’ chariot, 3200 Phaethon passes close to the sun on its way around an uneven orbit.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
  • The Helios 3 Blackout also comes in lighter models for trout and other freshwater species.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 1 June 2023
  • The name of the path is slightly ill-omened, since Zeus killed Phaethon with a thunderbolt after the boy failed to control a chariot belonging to his father, Helios, the sun god.
    Charlotte Higgins, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Helios crash is an example of hypoxia setting in slowly as an aircraft climbs.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 8 June 2023
  • The park will serve as home to the Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a 500-room resort located at the end of the park, with unique views and a dedicated entrance, bringing guests to the place in the world where the heavens and earth unite.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The ideas being presented with the Helios gang are interesting enough to mostly compensate for this, but not entirely.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The sorceress — mortal granddaughter of Helios, the sun god of Greek mythology — kills two of her children as revenge for her husband Jason’s betrayal.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • By giving bonuses to teachers who choose to teach dual enrollment classes, Helios President Paul Luna said state officials hope to build a larger network of educators offering the courses.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023

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