Delphic
Example Sentences
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The multiple frame photography and video works, lavishly textured and devotionally rendered, operate as Delphic objects, portals to nature.
From New York Times
Its king, Oedipus, desperate to understand why the gods have called such a plague down upon his realm, sends an emissary to the famed Delphic Oracle to find out.
From Salon
She writes his “poem” down with the fervor of a Delphic oracle, a devotee of the boy’s talent that she believes no one else understands.
From The Guardian
“In sum, Roe’s jurisprudence has been characterized by Delphic confusion and protean change,” the lawmakers wrote.
From New York Times
"Roe's jurisprudence has been characterized by Delphic confusion and protean change," the members wrote.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
