How to Use god in a Sentence

god

noun

• Does she believe in God?
• I pray to God that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
• The rap gods are calling on us to break free from the Matrix.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023
• Want to make the baseball gods laugh, tell ‘em about your plans.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
• Thank you to the Hourglass gods who sent me the latest lip launches.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
• Taking a cab, my heart soared with the palm trees and billboards big as gods.
  — Sarah Herrington, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The girls at school are ruled by the twin gods of conformity and cliquishness.
  — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
• The world is mourning the loss of a rock god after Jeff Beck, the legendary guitarist died at 78.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara Steve Coogan usa Today, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Figures for the statue, like the image of Pan, Greek god of flocks and herds, were cast in Paris and then shipped to Louisville in 1905.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
• The caduceus, the staff of the Greek god Hermes, bears a pair of wings at the top, a representation of his speed.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
• Then there’s the food obsessive Tyler, who monologues about why Slowik is akin to a god.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 10 Nov. 2022
• Neptune was named for the Roman god of the sea, so the planet’s moons are named after lesser sea gods and nymphs.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
• In the final at-bat of the final inning of the final game, the baseball gods delivered the dream showdown, Ohtani on the mound and Mike Trout at the plate.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Shango is the Yoruba god of thunder, lightning and justice.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• But the basketball gods were looking down on the Lopes with a 76-75 lead with eight seconds left when Kaosi Ezeagu missed two free throws.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
• The petals have multiple hues, which gives them their name, from Iris, the Olympian god who carried messages to earth along a rainbow.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Aug. 2023
• The planets moved in unpredictable ways, and often they were seen as gods themselves.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
• April is the cruelest month for many things — but not, thank the publishing gods, your Goodreads new-releases queue.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• Life-sized statues of Buddha and Ganesh, the Indian god of new beginnings, ring the room.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• But the metaphor is overused and raises more questions: Do these gods have laws and limitations to follow?
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• The group hailed from Minneapolis, the same city that produced funk-pop god Prince and punk princes The Replacements.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2023
• Three: the Shamrock Chargers should light candles in gratitude to the football gods.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
• Store your wine and show your love for the Norse god with this Mjolnir bottle stopper. Keep cash and cards safe with this Marvel wallet.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 28 Nov. 2022
• Hawaii’s creation myth says that two gods had a stillborn baby, who was buried and grew into a kalo, or taro, plant.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• But that’s just a small glimpse into a man seen as a sports hero in America and as a god in his native Puerto Rico.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
• That’s not counting all the watchful eyes of Greek gods, giant ants and wandering dinosaurs.
  — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• According to mythology, Antaeus was a Greek god who drew strength from being one with nature and the earth.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The baseball gods seem to have rewarded the gesture, finally showering some hope on the 2023 Red Sox.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• The Pandora’s Box orb will show eight different characters from Greek Mythology, all gods except one of them.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• This mutual choosing produces the warrior god of the Book of Exodus, the divine general who leads his people out of Egypt and who will tell them how to wage war (exterminating the Canaanites, for instance).
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024