viking

Example Sentences

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The 39-year-old from Cheshire crossed the finish line in Reyjavik on Monday afternoon, where he was greeted with a viking horn and sprayed with champagne.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

This particular viking tale is centered around a fictionalized version of real life viking Thorfinn Karlsefni.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

Mattson makes a surprise visit, and Kendall goes ‘reverse viking’

From Slate • May 8, 2023

“The first person I saw was the guy who was dressed like a viking, and I said, ‘Hey, what are you guys doing?

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2021

But the great viking age was the ninth century, when the field of piratical operations covered nearly half of Europe and extended from Iceland to Byzantium.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus