Example Sentences

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She finished the months-long hike and sat on a white bench near the Bridge of the Gods, a stone’s throw from the spot where, she writes, she’d marry Lindstrom four years later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

All the while you wondered what madness was left to come, what late twist the football Gods, drunk on drama these past months, were planning.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Shouldn’t the Football Gods have forced this team to stink at least a little longer?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

One is always trying to catch lightning in a bottle, and with the grace of the Movie Gods, the film is what I hoped it would be.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Gods be good, no wonder the Hound was frightened.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin