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

He was pictured sitting in Congress in a viking helmet and furs.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Both were sea-kings; each represents the culmination and the close of a great migratory movement,—Rolf of the earlier viking period, Canute of its later and more restricted phase.

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