totemic
Example Sentences
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They'd lost Leonard at the end of the first half, now the medics were rushing on to tend to the totemic Halkett.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
For his followers, Nemtsov is a totemic figure in Russian political life -- seen as a once-future leader who might have taken the country on a different path.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Picasso’s Cubism introduced Lam not only to European modernism but also to its sources—African masks and totemic art, to which Lam, understandably, felt a familial connection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
He said the case "became sort of totemic of the distraction of issues that it felt like a different part of government were fascinated by".
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
Aureliano Segundo was the unconquered eater until the luckless Saturday when Camila Sagastume appeared, a totemic female known all through the land by the good name of “The Elephant.”
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
