viking

Example Sentences

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The 39-year-old from Cheshire crossed the finish line in Reyjavik on Monday afternoon, where he was greeted with a viking horn and sprayed with champagne.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

This particular viking tale is centered around a fictionalized version of real life viking Thorfinn Karlsefni.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

Mattson makes a surprise visit, and Kendall goes ‘reverse viking’

From Slate • May 8, 2023

“The witch, Sylvester, that viking chick who sings the opera. When I was little and forming my Perception Box, I sucked them in somehow.”

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

That King Olaf Haroldsson, who had begun his career as a viking while he was yet a mere boy and who was still young, strong, and virile, would be content with permanent exile was unthinkable.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus