mythic

Example Sentences

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“Land” regains traction when it returns to Ireland and to its mythic theme, which meanders from the Neolithic era to the 20th century, with detours to more fantastical regions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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

Her experiences are almost mythic, like peering through the looking glass at a time when misery could actively coexist with unbridled bliss.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

But here, so near the university, they seemed so unreal as to be almost mythic.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover