mythic

Example Sentences

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In Borneo, a mythic spider brings forth life by feeding a tree; in Polynesia, spider-silk ladders connect heaven and earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Does our current Sophoclean moment mean that the mythic drama of Greece still holds its age-old power for theatergoers?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Griffin even made for himself an industry town called Frostproof—a canny, if defiant, advertising play, named years prior, after the town had survived the mythic 1895 freeze without much issue.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

The character they built for “Normal” was intentionally less mythic and more grounded than the former government assassin Odenkirk plays in “Nobody.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

He called a great prince of Dubai with his mythic charm and told him our situation.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri