How to Use Zeus in a Sentence

Zeus

noun
  • Zeus could launch thunderbolts but also couldn’t keep his trousers on.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The ancient Olympics were held in honor of Zeus, king of the Greek gods.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
  • Fearing them, Zeus split them in two, and people spend their lives searching for their other half.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Percy is accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt and has just ten days to retrieve it.
    — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In her most recent update, Owens shared that Zeus’ stay at the vet would be extended.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Emerging from the dark cloud was a hand holding a bolt of lightning like the Greek God Zeus.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
  • Goldblum's Zeus is wealthy, jealous, power-hungry and fond of stylish tracksuits.
    — Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 29 July 2024
  • The Olympics were held at the beginning of each Olympiad to honor the Greek god Zeus.
    — Simmone Shah, TIME, 10 July 2024
  • The late Zeus from Otsego, Michigan still boasts the title of world’s tallest dog ever.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • This isn’t the Zeus network, and Natalie Nunn isn’t around the corner.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Blood of Zeus is an epic war between gods, mortals and demons in this dynamic mash-up of anime and mythology.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 July 2024
  • Bella and Daisy were also in the top three for girls and Milo and Zeus rounded out the top three for the boys.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The show was recorded and will air exclusively on The Zeus Network.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024
  • But just what makes Io, named after a mortal woman in love with Zeus in Greek mythology, so fussy?
    — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Asclepius was a gifted healer, too gifted perhaps, and he was killed by Zeus for the impiety of raising the dead.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Luc Belaire unveiled Zeus, the world’s largest bottle of bubbly, earlier this week.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
  • To make matters worse, the Zeus Network star also tattooed Soulja’s name on his cheek in purple ink.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 18 July 2024
  • Zeus certainly had a big reaction to his neighbor's kitten, with the ensuing chaos leaving Worth in a lot of pain.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The episode featured an extensive scene with lead Walker Scobell, who plays Greek god Zeus.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • For Zeus, the father of the Olympian, has turned mid-day into black night by shielding light from the blossoming sun, and now dark terror hangs over mankind.
    — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Like Athena breaking through Zeus’ head, an icon was born into the blogosphere in the 2010s.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • She’s forced into an engagement to none other than Zeus—the top god of the city’s reigning Thirteen Houses.
    — Emily Bond, menshealth.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That means playing as Greek gods, fighting across Mount Olympus, and wielding Zeus’ thunderbolt.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 8 Mar. 2024
  • New powers are available, including the Thunderbolt of Zeus and the power of flight with the Wings of Icarus.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Olympian legends — including Hades and the thunder god Zeus — now rule the Island in otherworldly rage.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Olympics started as an ancient religious and athletic tradition among the Greeks in honor of the god Zeus.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The birds and flowers are emblems of a tender heart, while the armory of spiky weapons—a spear and a bow on her calves, the thunderclouds of Zeus on her shoulder—are badges of a fighting spirit.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • In ancient Greece the ‘Titanomachy’ was a battle between the Olympian gods (like Zeus) and the older gods, the Titans.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The first season saw Reddick's Zeus accuse Percy of stealing his lightning bolt and send the trio around the country to find it and stop a war from ensuing.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The game features a rotating cast of Greek gods, from Aphrodite to Zeus, who assist Melinoë on her journey with powerups and special abilities.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 6 May 2024

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