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Example sentences for: achilles
How can you use “achilles” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Gore, recognizing this Achilles' heel, goes after it with a crowbar.
In the case of the Shopping Avenger, his Achilles' heel is not animal, vegetable, or mineral but something less tangible.
The wily Odysseus slips Achilles some androstenedione, while Apollo stokes the Trojan defenders on creatine.
The rationale behind referring to them as “lost” arises from the author's observation of an unfortunate state of affairs: because of an increasingly widespread lack of familiarity with the basic, structural elements of our culture—Greek and Roman mythology, the Bible, literature, and ordinary historical fact—people today are unable to discern the origins of terms like aphrodisiac, Achilles [sic] heel or tendon, meet one's Waterloo, sow dragon's teeth , and hand-writing on the wall , to name a few.
The Jets, many fans' preseason pick to make it to the Super Bowl, lost their season opener and the services of four starters including quarterback Vinny Testaverde, out for the season with a ruptured Achilles' tendon.