How do you use Metamorphoses in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Metamorphoses meaning
plural of metamorphosis
Using Metamorphoses
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of metamorphosis
- In the example corpus, metamorphoses often appears in combinations such as: the metamorphoses, metamorphoses into, ovid's metamorphoses.
Context around Metamorphoses
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Metamorphoses
- In this selection, "metamorphoses" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ovid, minutes, performed, composed, viii and scholars stand out and add context to how "metamorphoses" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 90 minutes metamorphoses is made and analyzing the metamorphoses scholars have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "metamorphoses" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with metamorphoses
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Such exhortations were entirely absent from the Metamorphoses rendition. (9 words)
The Laurentian Singers beautifully performed “Metamorphoses,” composed by Paul Siskind. (10 words)
Metamorphoses was exhibited in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria and Mexico City before coming to Ucross. (15 words)
Among the many exhibits will be origami artist and designer Ankon Mitra’s curation of 70 artists from across the country, who will sculpt and fold paper to express the theme of Dashavatar, inspired by Lord Vishnu’s metamorphoses. (39 words)
At its final stage, the female parasite, with fertilized eggs, clings to the gills of the fish and metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear. (35 words)
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 29, translation by Francis Celoria, Psychology Press, 1992 Aelian told a different story of a woman transformed into a polecat: ""I have heard that the polecat was once a human being. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Johhan Rosenberg's "Adaptation to 360°" performance brought the myths of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" to life during the opening of the exhibition.
Among the many exhibits will be origami artist and designer Ankon Mitra’s curation of 70 artists from across the country, who will sculpt and fold paper to express the theme of Dashavatar, inspired by Lord Vishnu’s metamorphoses.
At 90 minutes, “Metamorphoses,” is made up of interwoven vignettes from classical mythology including the tales of Midas and his daughter, Alcyone and Ceyx, and Eros and Psyche.
One of the highlights of autumn in Berlin is the Festival of Lights, a spectacular event that metamorphoses the city into a radiant art gallery.
Metamorphoses was exhibited in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria and Mexico City before coming to Ucross.
The Laurentian Singers beautifully performed “Metamorphoses,” composed by Paul Siskind.
Although some species hatch directly into the adult form, many have a trochophore larva, which metamorphoses into the adult after anything from a day to a month, depending on species.
Another version of the myth of the Athenian maidens is told in Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC 17 AD); in this late variant Hermes falls in love with Herse.
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 29, translation by Francis Celoria, Psychology Press, 1992 Aelian told a different story of a woman transformed into a polecat: ""I have heard that the polecat was once a human being.
At its final stage, the female parasite, with fertilized eggs, clings to the gills of the fish and metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear.
Both inventions are in Ovid, Metamorphoses viii.236 Daedalus was so envious of his nephew's accomplishments that he took an opportunity and caused him to fall from the Acropolis.
If the copepod is eaten by a fish, the larva metamorphoses into a small, unsegmented tapeworm, drills through to the gut and becomes an adult.
In analyzing the Metamorphoses, scholars have focused on Ovid's organization of his vast body of material.
Like the Metamorphoses, the Fasti was to be a long poem and emulated aetiological poetry by writers like Callimachus and, more recently, Propertius and his fourth book.
Ovid, Metamorphoses, IX l.132-3 Several years later, rumor tells Deianira that she has a rival for the love of Heracles.
Ovid's greatest work, the Metamorphoses weaves various myths into a fast-paced, fascinating story.
Ovid writes in his Metamorphoses of a marketplace in the underworld where the dead convene to exchange news and gossip.
Such exhortations were entirely absent from the Metamorphoses rendition.
The larva makes its way to the herbivore's muscles and metamorphoses into an oval worm about convert long, with a scolex that is kept inside.
The Metamorphoses ends with the (once again human) hero, Lucius, eager to be initiated into the mystery cult of Isis ; he abstains from forbidden foods, bathes, and purifies himself.
Common combinations with metamorphoses
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the metamorphoses 6×
- metamorphoses into 5×
- ovid's metamorphoses 2×
- metamorphoses the 2×
- and metamorphoses 2×
- ovid metamorphoses 2×
- metamorphoses of 2×