Delphic

Example Sentences

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The judge’s forlorn prediction is a safe one given the Supreme Court’s Delphic opinion and the Justice Department’s subsequent superseding indictment in the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

Anyone who's heard or read any news stories about inflation in the past few months can't escape the pair of Delphic oracles, Larry Summers and Jason Furman.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022

Pythagoras himself was said to have been inspired to study philosophy by the Delphic priestess Themistoclea.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The multiple frame photography and video works, lavishly textured and devotionally rendered, operate as Delphic objects, portals to nature.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021

He must go to the Taurian country, the Delphic priestess said, and bring away the sacred image of Artemis from her temple.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton