Adonises
- plural of Adonis.
Example Sentences
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The matchbooks on display at the library, nostalgic artifacts adorned with images of muscled Adonises and punning slogans, were everyday objects — used and discarded — at the time they were made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
A stark difference between me and the zero-body-fat Adonises.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
When a trend is embraced by both the baby-oiled Adonises of luxury fashion and the ruling-class matrons of the Old World, you know somebody’s doing something wrong.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2010
In this alternate universe, the gods are bronzed-faced Adonises and everyone bleeds yellow and green.
From Washington Post
Peasants imagine themselves princes; Calibans believe themselves to be Adonises; beggars imagine themselves millionaires.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry
