mortals
Example Sentences
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Animation’s expressiveness can’t be captured by mortals, even one as formidable as Johnson, who so enjoys his trickster Maui that he’s played him three times in 10 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
The Windsors’ world is far from that of ordinary mortals, but no measure of diplomacy, alas, seems sufficient to repair such a tear in a family’s fabric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
I looked out at the fires in Harlem, wondering how many sleeping mortals were in danger right now because of Luke’s bad choices.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
