mahatma
Example Sentences
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It centers around a towering bronze statue of Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as the mahatma or “great soul.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2019
Certain subjects, like Gandhi, who is often referred to as mahatma, or great soul, are particularly guarded.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2011
He feels he has captured some of that spirit in his depictions of the mahatma.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2011
With They Came from Within, Rabid, The Brood and now Scanners, Cronenberg, 37, has joined the estimable company of John Carpenter and George Romero as a low-budget mahatma of the macabre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ushas used a stronger expression here, but out of consideration for my old mahatma friends, I suppress it. p.
From Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches by Oliphant, Laurence
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
