as in immortal
lasting forever
an author who craved deathless fame
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Recent Examples of deathless
Writers’ moods certainly don’t work that way; after all, Malamud wrote at least a half-dozen deathless short stories and a couple of classic novels … and still felt sunk.
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Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
And a lot of Ant-Man's charm when the character first debuted in his own standalone movie in 2015 was in fact the human scale of the story: a blithe, goofy comedy that just happened to have superhero stuff in it (and of course, the deathless dimples of Paul Rudd).
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
The humor here, for modern Icelanders, lies in the extent of what the outside world didn’t grasp: that Iceland’s national history was a heroic tale of grit and ingenuity, that its literature, rooted in Norse folklore and medieval saga, was voluminous and deathless.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 28 May 2021
In fact, his deathless prose is probably being desecrated by the relentless erosion of evolution right now.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2010
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Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
And a lot of Ant-Man's charm when the character first debuted in his own standalone movie in 2015 was in fact the human scale of the story: a blithe, goofy comedy that just happened to have superhero stuff in it (and of course, the deathless dimples of Paul Rudd).
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
The humor here, for modern Icelanders, lies in the extent of what the outside world didn’t grasp: that Iceland’s national history was a heroic tale of grit and ingenuity, that its literature, rooted in Norse folklore and medieval saga, was voluminous and deathless.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 28 May 2021
In fact, his deathless prose is probably being desecrated by the relentless erosion of evolution right now.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathless
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Feel your immortal soul being warmed and suffused with pleasures both rare and immeasurable.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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But incredibly, when faced with threats from injury to starvation, the immortal jellyfish can reverse the process, turning the clock backward.Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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That’s part of the fun of writing the show with these sort of eternal characters, who’ve been around forever.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Kim uses lady bugs as berries to symbolize good fortune, the wreaths to symbolize eternal unity and the candles to symbolize light in darkness.Bakr Muhammad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Romance fraud, business email compromise, investment scams, sextortion—the list of ways criminals prey on people is virtually endless and constantly changing.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the West Coast continues to get pounded by an endless parade of storms bringing huge waves, strong winds, heavy rain and mountain snow.Max Golembo, ABC News, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Deathless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathless. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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