How to Use the gods in a Sentence

the gods

plural noun

• Her blonde hair is styled and piled as high as the gods.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 3 May 2024
• The only way to break her sister's bond is to kill her, the gods say.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
• But by the gods old and new would that be a better story.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
• The five spires of the central complex are said to represent Mount Meru, the abode of the gods.
  — Chaitali Patel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2024
• And then the wind, as fickle as the gods, abruptly shifted in front of them.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• But if there was an Asian woman who could beat my face for the gods, bring her.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 Nov. 2023
• Some traditions place him as the father or ruler of the gods.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
• There’s powerful people, then there’s the gods of Mt. Olympus and then there’s the god of the gods.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• So, despite the vote of the human Senate, the gods agree to send Claudius packing.
  — Mary Beard, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• Head for Drake’s Barrel House to take up thy dice while sipping from the goblets of the gods.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• But Zeus, king of the gods, defeated and then punished them.
  — Sarah Nooter / Made By History, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
• Just a thought: What if the gods are using the eclipse to tell us everything is awesome?
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• Hermes was a known as a messenger to the gods in the Ancient Greek pantheon.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2024
• And Faust, who made a contract with the Devil, is surely a better archetype than Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 July 2023
• And for people who hate themselves, as artists often do, this is nectar of the gods.
  — Chris Fleming, SPIN, 4 Apr. 2023
• The demise of the gods signals the dawn of Earth, humanity, and creative beauty.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
• The myth goes as follows: Coatlicue, mother of the gods, sweeps outside her temple when a ball of feathers falls from the sky.
  — María Teresa Hernández, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2023
• In this production, the gods look like British royals out for a round of polo and a picnic.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• The artists that are the chosen of their generation do not simply follow a path set out for them by the gods.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
• From the gods, from spirits, from raging voices that spoke in silence.
  — Benjamín Labatut, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Zeus ultimately comes to fear his imminent downfall and the end of the world as mortals learn what the gods have in store for them.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
• Dried out and shaped into bowls, squash was used in the Mayan region as offerings to the gods for blessings over their harvest.
  — Andrea Aliseda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Stricken by grief, Alida prays to the gods, who turn her into a red flower.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
• Trending Editor’s picks Forty years later, his words resonate like a dare to the gods.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
• Long ago, shooting stars were commonly thought to be omens, prophecies, or messages from the gods.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• Thank all the gods for Evil, which reassures us that there’s nothing more human than being afraid.
  — EW.com, 9 July 2024
• Whatever fat once existed in that grind had been sacrificed to the gods, and the gods were now angry.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• Flowers can at times displease the gods The Puranas also explain which flowers might displease the gods.
  — Robert J. Stephens, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
• Whereas actual suits from the era were padded to the gods, the new iterations have a more streamlined feel—the sharp shoulders are juxtaposed against sleek bottoms.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024