demigod

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Recent Examples of demigod Set in ancient Polynesia, Moana follows the daughter of a coastal village chief who sets sail in search of a legendary demigod to save her people. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024 The wrestler-turned-actor reprises his voice role of Maui the demigod in Moana 2, which hits theaters this week. Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024 While Maui’s tattoos tell his story as a demigod, the question was how Moana’s look would. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 But Moana doesn’t stay dead, instead, she’s revived as a demigod. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for demigod 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demigod
Noun
  • But as Korean conservatives prepare for a long night of wrestling with their demons, liberals are facing troubles of their own.
    John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2025
  • What if Valeri Nichushkin’s personal demons hadn’t led to him leaving the team in the playoffs for two straight years?
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And if Ichiro isn’t unanimous, well, that’ll be just as hard to explain as the voters who snubbed immortals such as Willie Mays (left off 23 ballots), Mickey Mantle (43) and Yogi Berra (59).
    Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, he’s helmed The Fall, as well as Immortals starring Henry Cavill, Mirror Mirror starring Julia Roberts, and Self/Less starring Ryan Reynolds.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Ranged about him is a sculpted gallery of Communism’s great dictators, many of whom, like Lenin, had to be hoisted gasping out of the mud, along with a sprinkling of other worthies.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And again, the Wednesday dance is time-capsule worthy.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Invisible had lost four of its cofounders and had to go back to its few loyal angel investors for more money.
    Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Now 31, Styles is a brand founder and an angel investor in the British label SS Daley, sitting front row at the Liverpudlian’s London Fashion Week show in September.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Still, Valéry’s eminence as a modernist is indisputable.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But Mufasa doesn’t offer the iconic character a story worthy of his eminence.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On the cruise’s opening day, strong winds on the high seas did not stop the spirit from delivering.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Midway through the film, a scene of cotton being harvested and shaped into a trailer-length bale is underscored by a deep grumbling that suggests machinery, and vocals that hint at spirit (original music by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe).
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • About 40 of the 80-plus plaques — installed beginning in 2015 — in this monument to civic pride and music history have been forcefully removed from the ground.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • With 22 total National Park Service monuments, parks, recreation areas, historic sites, and memorials, the southwestern state is filled with incredible wonders — one of which is Saguaro National Park.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Yet in their original form gremlins are alive and well, living under new names—daemons, worms, virtual pets.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024

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“Demigod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demigod. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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