mortal
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Still, it’s a banquet for older actresses, who get to prove that, while minds and bodies are mortal, artistry doesn’t have an expiration date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
And the midtempo ballad “The Knife” describes a collapsing relationship as a mortal threat, akin to a dagger jabbed into one’s side or a case of kerosene waiting to be ignited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Monsters though Lestat and his makers and progeny may be, they were all mortal once, and that seed of humanity still exists inside of them or, in Claudia’s case, around them.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Graham shuttles off this mortal coil with no such vindication.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
A mortal cannot gaze upon the true appearance of a god without suffering consequences.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Animation’s expressiveness can’t be captured by mortals, even one as formidable as Johnson, who so enjoys his trickster Maui that he’s played him three times in 10 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
The Windsors’ world is far from that of ordinary mortals, but no measure of diplomacy, alas, seems sufficient to repair such a tear in a family’s fabric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
The lesser rings were only essays in the craft before it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they were but trifles — yet still to my mind dangerous for mortals.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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