Moirai

Example Sentences

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He now lives back in New York, where his next project will be Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work for four female singers to be performed near the New York stock exchange.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2013

Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Suddenly, as she yet spake, the Moirai stood before her.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Then the soul of the brave Herakles was stirred within him, and he sware that the Moirai should not win the victory.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The harps of the minstrels hung silent on the wall, and men spake in whispering voices, for the awful Moirai were at hand to bear Alkestis to the shadowy kingdom.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)