godlike

Example Sentences

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But as time has passed, his appearances has been marked by artists and actors wrestling with his godlike nobility and wanting to question his straight-laced nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Wilson famously remarked, “The real problem of humanity is … we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The great and powerful Oz, though, is precisely as powerful as our willingness to suspend disbelief that something that sits by design in front of a curtain is perfect, godlike, and omnipotent.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

As the camera roams the countryside, godlike and unnoticed, we hear the hag’s breath rattling on the soundtrack.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025

Here they all were together, idle above their fields, nobody hoeing, godlike; nobody weeding, New Year’s in summer.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston