Example Sentences

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Deities are believed to punish people for disturbances.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Deities of many kinds cast their shadows everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Deities are a recurring theme in Ms Manimekalai's filmography.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2022

Deities are not much needed—their faith in nature provides all the wonder and the discipline they require.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2016

Deities, credited and 97 discredited, have often a connexion with the calendar, and we may have here some calendric reference, or again the chant may be merely a nonsense rhyme.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis