Moirai
Example Sentences
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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 Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Their tragedies were largely limited to Nemesis, the Moirai, the Erinnydes, and lower forms, such as harpies.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of
To keep this pact, I find surpass my power; Rescind it, Moirai!
From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
