How to Use mythical in a Sentence

mythical

adjective
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  • The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.
  • Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.
  • The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical.
  • One of the things that drew me to it was the mythical nature of their story.
    — Ed Symkus, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The fact that God is there and is this mythical creature in Moordale, for me, that again, is the stuff I’m drawn to.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Dragons hold a special place in the world of mythical beasts.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • For a person like her, the queen was a mythical figure from very far away.
    — Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Ragnarök, a game built around mythical realms, is about preventing the end of the world.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
  • This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 May 2022
  • Their charmed lives start to wear off when their mythical casita starts to show its cracks.
    — Vogue, 17 July 2023
  • Crew members will fire the deck gun at the mythical Lake Erie Monster.
    — cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The decline of desire for suits sounds mythical to him.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 May 2023
  • For centuries, people have searched for the mythical beast known as the Loch Ness Monster.
    — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The fact is that the mythical Audrey—her mystique—is stronger than ever.
    — Town & Country, 28 June 2023
  • Nile River is so mythical, even Cole Porter crooned about it in his love songs.
    — Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Narrow it down to a mythical roster for an all-time team, and Curry has to be on it.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The soy candle will transport you to the mythical land, appeasing all of your senes en route.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Lenny has always been this kind of mythical creature on this show.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • With a tale that’s told on a such a theatrical and mythical level, of course the costuming echos the film’s ethos.
    — Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • All of them are after a mythical wishing star, which, if Puss can reach it first, could restore the first eight of his nine lives.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Cole was not the mythical god in charge of making ancient Olympians eat their broccoli.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2022
  • Jim’s ultimate quest is to find his true home among the stars: a near-mythical planet called Earth.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
  • La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022
  • Fårö was a mythical place for me, as for many directors.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • It’s named after the mythical notion that ostriches bury their heads in the sand at a sign of danger.
    — Bygleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Denali Coven is the Twilight universe’s version of the mythical succubus.
    — Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Roughly 100 large-scale sculptures of the mythical beings are scattered across the globe.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Not to cook, but just to join his mythical pizzeria community.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The world of Japanese whisky has its fair share of expensive collectibles, from the mythical Karuizawa releases to Suntory’s oldest whisky, Yamazaki 55.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024

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