bard

Example Sentences

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He could easily have been become a regional bard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Ask a roaming bard about the previous ship’s fate and a host of stories start to unravel and reveal themselves — love affairs, hidden secrets, lost maps and the requisite discontentment among the ship’s keep.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Joshua Oppenheimer is our age’s great bard of cognitive dissonance.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Majok has staked her claim as the bard of Newark, N.J., where many of her plays are set, including “Sanctuary City.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Adaon, Ellidyr, and the bard turned their mounts rapidly and were soon behind them.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander