leviathan
noun
Often Leviathan a sea monster.
leviathans
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pluralof leviathan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft are the octogenarian owners, respectively, of the Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots; both built leviathans for football stadiums while finding creative ways to expand the NFL brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
In 2020, a team of marine biologists and computer scientists joined forces to analyze the click-clacking songs of sperm whales, the gray, block-shaped leviathans that swim in most of the world’s oceans.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
In his 1851 novel Moby Dick, Herman Melville describes right whales as “the most venerable of the leviathans, being the one first regularly hunted by man.”
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2024
Hogan’s team hopes to use that breather to fill in vital details about the Mekong’s lengthy list of leviathans.
From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2023
But such leviathans appeared only late in antiquity, and were exceptional.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
