Delphic
Example Sentences
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The judge’s forlorn prediction is a safe one given the Supreme Court’s Delphic opinion and the Justice Department’s subsequent superseding indictment in the case.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
Anyone who's heard or read any news stories about inflation in the past few months can't escape the pair of Delphic oracles, Larry Summers and Jason Furman.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022
Pythagoras himself was said to have been inspired to study philosophy by the Delphic priestess Themistoclea.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
“Wily and ruthless, Delphic and adept, he is the best of breed of a new kind of back room bonze,” the profile continued, using another word for Buddhist monk.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019
He must go to the Taurian country, the Delphic priestess said, and bring away the sacred image of Artemis from her temple.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
