deus ex machina
Example Sentences
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For Apple, as for Jobs, the whole episode involved the kind of deus ex machina you could never get away with in fiction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Although some have deluded themselves into thinking the contrary, there will be no deus ex machina moment to stop this from happening.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
A kind of deus ex machina, he pops into the novel at key points, offering incredible amounts of money like a possibly sinister fairy godmother in a Brothers Grimm tale.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
When Seven and Raffi figure out a way to transport assimilated crew members off the bridge using phaser rifles, it’s quite the deus ex machina.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
Every Greek drama needs a deus ex machina.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
