sibylline

Example Sentences

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It is as old as the sibylline books.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016

Also because I was influenced by a late-blooming acquaintance with Wagner operas, discovering that their aesthetic, which I had assumed to be bombastic, really relies on sibylline continuities.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 3, 2016

Mr. Jeremiah also brought impressive power and intensity to Moto Osada’s sibylline “Four Nights of Dream,” the only opera with a male protagonist.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2012

Some political soothsayers took this sibylline pronouncement as a hint that Truman did not intend to run again.

From Time Magazine Archive

One needs not to have had privileged access to the sibylline leaves of the Cum�an soothsayer to recognize that Vittoria Colonna was born under the star of destiny.

From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian