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

It could be that for much of its lifetime, Venus, too, was another pale blue dot orbiting the sun—a paradise lost.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 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

Theron is a potent image of paradise lost, although it appears she has deserted her husband and child, intriguingly clouding her moral status.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2020

Here, amid the bowers of "paradise lost" is found the root of all false culture, and from that root the world has ever been filled with a noxious growth.

From Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings by Graham, Robert