How to Use mortal in a Sentence

mortal

1 of 2 adjective
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  • He suffered a mortal wound in the battle.
  • Every living creature is mortal.
  • Elvis has left the building and maybe this mortal coil.
    — Jr Radcliffe, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • In one retelling, Zeus’s dear dog was stolen by the mortal Pandareus.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022
  • The Good News: Don't worry so much about this mortal world.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
  • The rich men were then left to foot the bill, as has always been the way in this model-mortal food chain.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And so, to Hamilton’s mind, a default on the debt would be a mortal wound to the Republic.
    — Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But for all their bad habits, sea lions are the ones in mortal danger.
    — Nell Lewis; Video By Hazel Pfeifer, CNN, 3 May 2022
  • The worlds depicted in his novels are not built for mortal humans like you and me.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 14 June 2023
  • The worker ran outside where the attacker dealt him the mortal wounds in a public square, the ministry said.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The contrast of lively music and the film’s tragic themes is a fitting take for the tale of one of Apollo’s mortal sons.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Perhaps that’s why so many of us fans were in shock to hear his creator had been mortal after all.
    — Jarrett J. Krosoczka, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • That mortal legacy of the work done at Los Alamos was very much on the mind of Oppenheimer himself.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The Valar reward the mortal allies with a new home, the island demi-paradise of Númenor.
    — John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Most of the agency is mortal, but when things get weird, the Omen-class characters are deployed to solve a mystery.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • While Samantha dressed in mortal clothing most of the time, there were a few witchy looks, include this one which is so easy to recreate.
    — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Dourif, in the flesh) transferred, with his dying breaths, his mortal soul into the body of a plastic Good Guys doll.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Where Clemson, with a 40-game home winning streak snapped, can begin to feel mortal.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • How does a Kindred who wants to break up with their mortal boyfriend decide to end things and protect the Masquerade?
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Susan Mikula The sense of breathing through time is tender and mortal.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • If five days off caused a mortal wound, the Houston Astros would be affected as well.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The spirits would travel from the alternate afterlives and the mortal world.
    — USA Today, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Egypt is built into the DNA of the show’s mythical figures and its mortal characters, good and bad.
    — Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
  • The message of the song is part-and-parcel with the album concept, in a semi-meta kind of way, about what’s mortal and what’s immortal.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In the immediate foreground, a man in a pink shirt looks to be in a state of mortal desperation.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • So many mortal threats lurked on the periphery of the lone man’s life—venomous snakes, stealthy jaguars, electric eels writhing in the bottoms of shallow ponds.
    — Monte Reel, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • According to Santa’s rules, contact with a mere mortal saps the small elf of its powers and ability to fly back to the North Pole.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • After dominating Utah State in the opener, the Tide looked mortal against Texas.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Delos set out to achieve with the Hosts was to somehow transfer humanity from the mortal flesh of a human into the body of a host.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Mahomes, mortal, struggling, had thrown six total passes deep into the second half.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
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mortal

2 of 2 noun
  • In the realm of the mere mortal (and the undead), Snyder thrives.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • On a night Towns was anywhere close to mortal, the Spurs might have won the game.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Semele, a pretty young mortal, caught the eye of Jupiter.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Now, at last, the dress is available for us mere mortals to buy.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 30 Aug. 2019
  • And in part three, a superhero comes to a mortal for help.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The idea is this: Mere mortals who have the cash get to make turns and ride the lift with a former Olympic skier for the day.
    — Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2018
  • New podcasts come out all the time, and no mere mortal can keep up with them all.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2020
  • While the six-figure sum for the 2002 card may sound high to a mere mortal, Brady cards have gone for far more.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • After all, no mortal holds on to his name for very long.
    — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The answer, at least for us mere mortals, is no, and that’s likely for the better.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Lori needs to pay for her action according to the laws of mortals.
    — Itzel Luna, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Some celebs have graced us mere mortals with a glimpse at their alter egos.
    — Carly Breit, PEOPLE.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • What is a mere mortal to make of billionaires in space?
    — Washington Post, 18 July 2021
  • Plenty, of course, and therein lies a few lessons for us mere mortals.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The Spurs are hoping to keep Curry somewhere in the range of mere mortal Monday.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Lesser mortals might have been tempted to take a shot at goal.
    — SI.com, 31 May 2018
  • For the rest of us mere mortals, a salon visit with follow-ups is key.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But what about the rest of us mere mortals just slogging along through a pregnancy?
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 27 July 2023
  • The book’s ending leaves mortals trembling on the precipice of post-human greatness.
    — Paul Di Filippo, Washington Post, 16 June 2019
  • The book's ending leaves mortals trembling on the precipice of post-human greatness.
    — Paul Di Filippo, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
  • No mere mortal can defeat the indestructible force of the Plaschke curse.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Like all of us, Dr. Fauci is a mere mortal who has character flaws, hubris most of all.
    — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • No, but the Who’s The Boss alum lives better than most of us can imagine—and has access to things and people mere mortals do not.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Then again, mere mortals cannot be expected to understand the logic of the gods.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 May 2020
  • The all-powerful wizard or a mere mortal — the man behind the curtain?
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
  • A night when Anthony Davis, mired in foul trouble, turned mortal for the first time in the series, with 15 points for the Lakers.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Celebrity divorces seem to occur at a rate faster than those of us mere mortals.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2019
  • In Greek mythology, Iris is the rainbow, riding an arc of light to bear messages from the gods to mortals.
    — Lucia De Stefani, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2019
  • The Palm Springs Surf Club is for the rest of us mortals who enjoy water sports — and also fun bites and craft cocktails in chic surroundings.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Patrick Mahomes How dare these mere mortals challenge him with their primitive skills..
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2024

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