How to Use Hercules in a Sentence

Hercules

noun

• Legend has it this town on the Coast of the Gods was founded by Hercules.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
• Richard, Hercules and Willam Tindal; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024
• In 2022, fragments of a statue of Hercules were unearthed at the site.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• The suspect, a 31-year-old Hercules man, was spotted by police driving away from the scene.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
• The vessel will be easy to spot in Monaco’s Port Hercules, thanks to its powder-blue, orange, and white hull.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024
• But policing thousands of people in a small space would seem to be a labor Hercules would turn his back on.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• Turning off the ignition will require the strength of Hercules.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
• And up above a subterranean pool stands a statue of Hercules, bow drawn for battle.
  — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
• Cannon went as Hercules and Scott dressed as the red-haired Megara, while their daughter Halo went as an angel.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
• Another sideshow with fireworks and cars spinning donuts took place near Hercules, on Franklin Canyon Road near the golf course.
  — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• One of the most impressive innovations Brady shared is the Hercules drive unit.
  — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• One of the most important towns on the Coast of the Gods, Tropea was supposedly founded by Hercules.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• The new Disney Destiny ship will be getting a Hercules stage musical on board.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
• But then, just as Hercules crossed over a ridge, a curious sight floated across the screen: small, almost iridescent bulbs clinging to the seamount wall.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The arachnid, named Hercules, was handed over by a member of the public through the park's funnel-web antivenom program.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
• In body and soul, the formidable strength of Hercules meets a dash of Jethro Bodine’s affable naivety.
  — Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• The three posed together, with Alyssa dressed as Megara from Hercules while Halo was dressed as an angel in her first-ever costume.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Take the familiar story of the Greek hero Heracles (also known as Hercules).
  — Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
• The well is located near the Temple of Hercules in a sacred area of the archaeological site.
  — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
• The complex is dominated by the Temple of Hercules and other cult buildings.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 June 2024
• The nova will appear in a small arc between the Boötes and Hercules constellations, and will be visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
• In his June memo, Cirne wrote that the company is preparing to launch a new product this summer, codenamed Hercules.
  — oregonlive, 3 July 2020
• Also next year, Hercules the musical is hitting London’s West End.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
• How exactly the motif spread to the broader world — and became wrapped up in the popular mythology of Hercules — remains unknown, Uehlinger said.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• Four candidates are running in the March 5 election to replace him in District 5, which stretches along the county’s waterfront from Hercules to the north part of Antioch.
  — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
• This ultimately turns him into a roid-raging monster with Hercules’ body but the Elephant Man’s noggin.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
• The complex is dominated by a temple for Hercules but also has other cult buildings.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
• The cabinet is held aloft by two heroic figures — Hercules on the right and Amazon Queen Hippolyta on the left — signaling its role as a proclamation of triumphant power.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• The Hercules crew was unable to establish direct communication with the woman but observed her lighting two distress flares and the sailboat drifting and taking waves over the beam, the Coast Guard said.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
• According to classical mythology, the Strait of Gibraltar was Hercules’ handiwork — eight miles across at its tightest point.
  — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024