demigod

Example Sentences

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A few years ago, I wiled away an evening with friends in a thermal bath in Segesta, in the same waters where ancient demigods reputedly used to frolic.

From Salon

Passed on orally over the centuries, they recount how gods and demigods, personified in nature, helped Hawaiian ancestors make their way from other Pacific islands to create their new paradise.

From Washington Post

The series reminded everyone of Michael Jordan demigod status.

From Los Angeles Times

Divine Garland plays the excitable demigod with boyish charm and touches of the same brand of arrogance the Greeks loved to grant their mighty male protagonists.

From New York Times

There is more to the job of citizen than simply to cast a vote every four years for the next White House demigod and then anguish or exult over the results.

From Washington Post