How to Use mythological in a Sentence

mythological

adjective
  • The name Klotho refers to the Greek mythological story of the three Fates.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The church has some reliefs of the mythological figure the Green Man.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
  • Yes, Medusa was a mythological monster whose hair was a nest of snakes.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In ancient Persia, the event marked the birthday of the Sun King Mithra, a mythological deity.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • All these mythological people, the president and the first lady, are in front of you.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Before playing the half-man, half-goat in the mythological movies, Jackson was cast as Junior in the 2006 flick Roll Bounce.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • This statue, a mythological mashup of all the livestock found at the fair, is tucked away in the agricultural area.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The clapboard animal is a mock-up of the Trojan Horse of mythological fame.
    Nick Hilden, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • The house is named after a fresco in one of its rooms depicting a scene from the mythological story of Leda and the Swan.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
  • January was named for Janus, a mythological king of Rome who was two-faced.
    Dorothy Dworkin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Luna is known as the Roman mythological goddess of the moon.
    Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
  • In any event, the title primes us for a tale of mythological resonance, and rightly so.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The definition is both fixed and fluid, and now with two Black queens, even more tiers are being added to the mythological cake.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • One mythological concept the Aztecs had about an eclipse was that the sun disappeared because a jaguar was going to eat it.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The movie builds toward an ending that is equal parts mythological and abstract.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Here's a rundown of the first flight of the Artemis program, named after Apollo's mythological twin sister.
    Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The mythological creature mourns her kids, who, in some variations, take their own lives.
    Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Her thoughts often drift to the mythological site and Arthurian legend that give the novel its title.
    Jake Cline, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
  • The work’s title alludes to the mythological phoenix, consumed by fire and reborn from its ashes.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Inside, the nine neutral hues recall a silk screen, stamped with mythological birds.
    Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Véhémence made this record to recount mythological strifes of old.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 June 2022
  • Many of the other moons of the solar system claim their names from mythological characters.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Represented by the sea goat, a mythological creature with the body of a goat and the tail of a fish, this sign has a firm grasp on the material and emotional realms of life.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Dan Harmon’s latest series swaps the sci-fi antics of Rick and Morty for the mythological madness of ancient Greece.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Much of the collection was inspired by Fenghuang, a mythological, phoenix-like Chinese bird.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The first trailer, which spotlights Sousa’s focus on mythological and legendary themes in his world-building, can be seen above.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Nov. 2022
  • In a 2011 performance, the artist stood against an ice sculpture that depicted the body of Tiresias, a Greek mythological prophet who lived as both man and woman.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • This is not about polar bears or about some mythological future.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The name Basan comes from a mythological fire-breathing bird-like fowl from Japanese folklore.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The epic poem tells the story of the Trojan prince Aeneas, a mythological character who first appears in the Iliad, and the founding of Rome.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2023

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