How to Use odyssey in a Sentence
odyssey
noun- The story is about the emotional odyssey experienced by a teenage girl.
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Once free of the camp, the greatest threats of their odyssey were hunger and men.
—Ronald C. Rosbottom, WSJ, 5 May 2021
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This book is about his odyssey to walk the entire length of the chasm with a friend.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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To reach the location on the edge of town is an odyssey.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
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But the bus broke down, turning the trip into a two-day odyssey.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
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The odyssey takes him from New Orleans to stops in Georgia.
—Yvette Benavides, ExpressNews.com, 1 Dec. 2020
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Promising that Sanna’s odyssey, on and off the ice, is far from over.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
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For now, most of them are simply waiting to take the next step in their odyssey.
—New York Times, 25 Sep. 2021
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There are a few takeaways from my covid odyssey in the Persian Gulf.
—Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
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In the shadow of two buttes, Alex Cobb’s four-month odyssey came full circle.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
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Star Wars isn’t the only space odyssey that’s inspired epic Lego sets.
—Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
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And that led me on this 27-year odyssey that only ended last week.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
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The move to pass zoning reform has been a yearslong odyssey with the twists and turns of a screenplay.
—New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
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The three-hour odyssey, defined by great stillness, is one of the most audacious films of the year.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 11 July 2024
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Right now, this odyssey can’t be outsourced to the AI assistants on the market.
—Kathy Pham, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
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For Johnson, the journey to his dream job was more of an odyssey on a fast-food budget.
—Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
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Despite the mid-season odyssey and loss to the Packers, the Raiders are still very much in the race for a wild card playoff spot.
—oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2019
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The tortoise was tired, hungry and caked in mud, but seems to be in good health after his odyssey.
—David Williams, CNN, 22 Aug. 2020
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But the odyssey continues, even though, at 94, Holbrook no longer puts on the white suit to play Twain.
—Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2019
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It was screened for buyers last March, a key milestone after a two-decade odyssey to get it to the screen.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
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Charlene's return is the latest step in a ten-month long odyssey.
—Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 12 Mar. 2022
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Davis’s odyssey comes, as these things tend to, with an origin story.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
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And a big part of its viral appeal is the odyssey required to procure it.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 6 Feb. 2020
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Downhill to one’s shrink, then an uphill struggle on the walk back: a very Eliot-like odyssey.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
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The book becomes a kind of odyssey, with Sergeyich, driving his trusty old Lada, in the role of a Ukrainian Odysseus.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
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This is the startup odyssey, a voyage not for the timid but for the bold who dare to dream differently.
—Ranghan Venkatraman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Slothrop’s weird odyssey, and the novel’s seeming chaos, are ordered by one thing: the rocket.
—John Semley, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2023
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All told, the trip to campus — now an odyssey of trains, buses, and subways — takes as long as two hours.
—Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
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But what Garry learned through his unique, unexpected, painful, and beautiful odyssey is that these mortal moments can also energize and inspire.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
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Aspiring actors will also gain insights on how to turn a passion into a profitable, sustainable career, with a supportive community of mentors guiding them through every step of this exciting yet scary odyssey.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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