demigod

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Recent Examples of demigod At the very end, Loki brings up Hercules, the Greek demigod who has appeared in Marvel comics since 1965. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024 The idea is that Great Runes first made the demigods more powerful and then power-hungry. Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 17 June 2024 Designers traditionally present themselves in public as preening demigods or fussy, difficult eccentrics, but neither is the vibe that Porte Jacquemus gives off. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024 Percy Jackson, a demigod with ADHD and dyslexia, was born out of Riordan's own son's struggles with both and the bedtime stories the author told him, to make his son feel less alone. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for demigod 
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Noun
  • In the first season, Cross faces his toughest case yet while grappling with personal demons that threaten to derail him.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The show ran from 1997 to 2003 and saw Gellar’s Buffy Summers seek out and destroy vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, with the help of her friends.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Since then, he’s helmed The Fall, as well as Immortals starring Henry Cavill, Mirror Mirror starring Julia Roberts, and Self/Less starring Ryan Reynolds.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Give Bonnie a new power that will magically solve whatever dilemma this hot, squinting gaggle of immortals has gotten themselves into this time.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Ranged about him is a sculpted gallery of Communism’s great dictators, many of whom, like Lenin, had to be hoisted gasping out of the mud, along with a sprinkling of other worthies.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And again, the Wednesday dance is time-capsule worthy.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Divine intervention comes in the form of Dudley (Cary Grant), an angel who helps transform the community for the better — though things take a turn when Dudley falls in love with the titular bishop's wife (Loretta Young).
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Here, musical legends feel like flesh-and-blood figures, especially as Dylan navigates Seeger as the old-guard angel on one shoulder and Bob’s pen pal Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) as the rebel devil on the other.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But a lot of young executives also are casting weary glances at the aging eminences who’ve been occupying Hollywood’s C-suites seemingly forever.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Despite being unsure of his faith, the poor man has been saddled by the just-deceased pope with the responsibility of managing the conclave of red-robed eminences who’ll vote on a successor.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the spirit of holiday giving, the team invites their community to nominate and vote for upstanding charitable organizations that support mothers.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While plenty of drinkers crowd the bar area, lots of Guinness also flows upstairs at the gastropub, which has the spirit of a French village restaurant.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Sydney Opera House hosts around 1,800 shows a year and was always meant to be a living, breathing performance space and not just an architectural monument.
    Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The ceremony marked the first time that anyone not involved in the reconstruction had been permitted to enter the cathedral in the years since the blaze destroyed its spire and roof, and left the monument covered in toxic dust and charred debris.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Yet in their original form gremlins are alive and well, living under new names—daemons, worms, virtual pets.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024

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