Example sentences for: myth

How can you use “myth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • that what we can watch so closely we can somehow control," proclaimed the New York Times . "We have perpetuated the myth of a kind of visual coexistence with twisters.

  • Wang's famous painting of the Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains (1366) explodes the myth of the artist's peaceful retreat in the hills.

  • As Lind points out, this myth is a favorite of the left and always pops up in connection with U.S. relations with a Communist country.

  • When Williams addresses the child as his noble patron ("my Lord") and alludes to the old myth of the tortoise that supports the universe, he slyly introduces the underlying weight of civilization and history into the interchange between him and the child.

  • This one--an 1888 symphony by a French Romantic composer--is called an "interesting failure" (Bernard Holland, the New York Times ). Its overwrought, "meandering" score (Martin Bernheimer, Newsday ) is accompanied by a highly praised and newly commissioned narration of the Psyché myth by playwright John Guare ( Six Degrees of Separation ).


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