saga
noun
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
sagas
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pluralof saga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite the vast trove of limited series available these days, over-the-top ‘80s-style melodramas like this, sagas laced with delectable malice, simply do not exist today. “
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Blanchet argued that today's resurgence in beloved pop-culture sagas is part of the "routine functioning" of the industry, rather than representing any kind of "renewal".
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
The network had long built its identity on adult prestige — crime sagas, antiheroes and sprawling family epics — not stories centered on high schoolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
The Norse sagas describe attacks on their Vinland camp by people termed Skraelings, evidently either Newfoundland Indians or Dorset Eskimos.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
