This page shows Myth in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like story. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Myth in a sentence
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Myth meaning
- A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
- Such stories as a genre.
- A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
Synonyms of Myth
Myth in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
Its bold color palette, and melding of myth and a female perspective on the traumas of war clearly struck the jury.
If ever there were a time to bust the outdated myth that the personal and professional should not mix – it is now.
Just as Captain Ahab was obsessed with Moby Dick, the island of Grand Manan has its own whale of myth and legend.
Sciamma does not restrict the motif of the female gaze to the myth incorporated into the film's central relationship.
It’s all too much in a single week – a political colossus has left, and a murderous myth has been laid to rest.
Leader of the House of Commons, said on Sunday it was a ‘myth’ that going on strike does not benefit workers.
Clearly, the model minority myth that so many Indian Americans propagate requires shutting down conversations about caste.
Feedback on “'That is an urban myth': John Boyne claims he never had a spat with Auschwitz memorial museum”.
I do not have to suffer - nobody should suffer - in this life because someone adheres to an unprovable myth.
According to myth, the place was built by the devil in a couple of days but was later exorcised by a brave Mellieħa priest.
Just like an albatross is only bad luck if you kill it that stupid myth is only true if you don't have a renaming ceremony.
And will Norma pull a Medea, as suggested by the myth that haunts the opera, killing her children and her lover’s new flame?
Like something out of myth for which, of course, the consequences would be it unleashes the Four Horsemen.
Billed as a “magical coming-of-age,” the novel is set in Ancient Greece and is inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids.
But some journalists have argued that the story often credited to Pele for ushering in a ceasefire during the civil war was a myth.
According to myth, the sexual act, which many consider nonconsensual, occurred on the same night that Leda had sex with her husband.
The beauty she possessed was not that of a solar myth, but an organic living thing to which every woman in the country could relate.
Their name comes from the old European myth that they crawl into people's ears and tunnel into their brains while they are sleeping.
Another myth is that skin cancer affects those with a fair complexion more than someone with darker skin – and this is simply not true.
But latest research has busted the myth of limitless exercise, overdoing it and pushing too hard and advised a moderate amount instead.
Common combinations with myth
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the myth 41×
- myth that 35×
- myth of 24×
- myth and 23×
- myth is 15×
- of myth 14×
- is myth 11×
- this myth 9×
- myth the 7×
- black myth 6×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word myth. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.