How to Use mythical in a Sentence
mythical
adjective- The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.
- Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.
- The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical.
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One of the things that drew me to it was the mythical nature of their story.
— Ed Symkus, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023 -
The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps.
— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2022 -
But the arrival of the mythical creatures to the woods of Maine marks a first for New England.
— BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2021 -
The fact that God is there and is this mythical creature in Moordale, for me, that again, is the stuff I’m drawn to.
— Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Dragons hold a special place in the world of mythical beasts.
— Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023 -
For a person like her, the queen was a mythical figure from very far away.
— Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 -
Ragnarök, a game built around mythical realms, is about preventing the end of the world.
— Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024 -
This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature.
— Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 May 2022 -
Their charmed lives start to wear off when their mythical casita starts to show its cracks.
— Vogue, 17 July 2023 -
Crew members will fire the deck gun at the mythical Lake Erie Monster.
— cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021 -
The decline of desire for suits sounds mythical to him.
— Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 May 2023 -
For centuries, people have searched for the mythical beast known as the Loch Ness Monster.
— Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023 -
The fact is that the mythical Audrey—her mystique—is stronger than ever.
— Town & Country, 28 June 2023 -
Nile River is so mythical, even Cole Porter crooned about it in his love songs.
— Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Narrow it down to a mythical roster for an all-time team, and Curry has to be on it.
— San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2022 -
The soy candle will transport you to the mythical land, appeasing all of your senes en route.
— Mark Stock, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022 -
Lenny has always been this kind of mythical creature on this show.
— Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023 -
With a tale that’s told on a such a theatrical and mythical level, of course the costuming echos the film’s ethos.
— Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 -
All of them are after a mythical wishing star, which, if Puss can reach it first, could restore the first eight of his nine lives.
— Scottie Andrew, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Cole was not the mythical god in charge of making ancient Olympians eat their broccoli.
— Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2022 -
Jim’s ultimate quest is to find his true home among the stars: a near-mythical planet called Earth.
— Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021 -
La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle.
— Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022 -
Fårö was a mythical place for me, as for many directors.
— Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021 -
It’s named after the mythical notion that ostriches bury their heads in the sand at a sign of danger.
— Bygleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022 -
The Denali Coven is the Twilight universe’s version of the mythical succubus.
— Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022 -
But from this outwardly modest architect came visual drama that gave rise to a mythical idea of living well in New York City.
— David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Tinker bells and mermaids, and there are so many more statues of women as mythical figures than women who have lived and fought and celebrated.
— Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
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