Wotan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Ryan Speedo Green, proud in stature with his imposing bass-baritone, showed the potential to be a Wotan for our time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024
How has his understanding of Wotan changed over the years?
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
Bass-baritone Greer Grimsley, who made his company debut nearly 30 years ago, sang his first Wotan in 2005 in the second iteration of the “green ‘Ring.’
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
He — Johannes Martin Kränzle, a characterful foil to Volle’s Wotan — forms his own dominion of research in the subbasement.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022
The Valkyries, with their leader Brunnhilde, are the warrior daughters of Wotan, a Zeus-like overlord, and have the second opera of the sequence named after them.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.