Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for Moira. Search instead for moirae.
Definitions

Moira

[moi-ruh] / ˈmɔɪ rə /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

And one can only hope there was a wig wall somewhere inspired by Catherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

In November, Rainbow Corner, in Moira in County Down, received a letter from the owners of Deramore Orange Hall asking it to leave by 30 June 2027.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Bouma, working with Moira Jardine of the University of St Andrews, focused on an unusual class of M dwarfs known as complex periodic variables.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026

Paul McManus, drummer with the Scottish band Gun and a supporter of Scottish Labour, has now said he will fund the action after Salmond's widow Moira agreed to transfer the legal rights of the case.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

Moira was not lying, water was running over the floor, and several pieces of disintegrating fecal matter.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

The actress also points to the mythological figures known as The Fates or Moirai, who appear throughout the series and become increasingly central to Zoe's emotional unravelling.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

He now lives back in New York, where his next project will be Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work for four female singers to be performed near the New York stock exchange.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013

Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Then the soul of the brave Herakles was stirred within him, and he sware that the Moirai should not win the victory.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

Their tragedies were largely limited to Nemesis, the Moirai, the Erinnydes, and lower forms, such as harpies.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford


Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training