Paradise Lost

American  

noun

1. an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.

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Paradise Lost Cultural  

1. (1667) An epic by John Milton. Its subject is the Fall of Man; it also tells the stories of the rebellion and punishment of Satan and the creation of Adam and Eve. Milton declares that his aim in the poem is “to justify the ways of God to men.”

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Example Sentences

Lahaina had been a paradise lost well before that fateful Tuesday, when a high-pressure system from the north converged with a hurricane-fueled low-pressure system from the south to unleash a wrath of wind and fire.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023

Throughout the pandemic, I often thought of “Firbie” as my paradise lost.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023

O’Rourke grins when posing that question, ecstatic at the thought that, for much of its lifetime, Venus, too was another pale blue dot orbiting the sun—an eventual paradise lost to Earth’s persistent one.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2021

In 2019, as annual visitor numbers topped 3 million for the first time, locals loudly lamented crowding, traffic and the specter of paradise lost.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021

There is nothing between the paradise dreamed of and the paradise lost.

From Light by Wray, Fitzwater