1
: a female god
2
: a woman whose great charm or beauty arouses adoration
Examples of goddess in a Sentence
a goddess of ancient Greece
The actress, who is already a goddess in her own country, is finally getting recognition here.
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This stunning marble depiction of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare will go on public display in the atrium of the Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood starting on January 25.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
To the south is the open sea, home of a goddess who looms large in local mythology.
—Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
One mandala, depicting the goddess Jnanadakini, has barely a crack to show for almost seven hundred years of existing.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
To the south is the open sea, home of a goddess who looms large in local mythology.
—Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
One mandala, depicting the goddess Jnanadakini, has barely a crack to show for almost seven hundred years of existing.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goddess. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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goddess
noun
god·dess
ˈgäd-əs 
1
: a female god
2
: a woman of great charm or beauty
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