(n.) A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
(n.) The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
(n.) A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
(n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
(v. t.) To treat as a god; to idolize.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(2) Crown prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz said yesterday that the state had "spared no effort" to avoid such disasters but added that "it cannot stop what God has preordained.
(3) Join a Twitter book club It all started last summer, when 12,000 people took to Twitter to discuss Neil Gaiman's American Gods .
(4) The author discusses marriages in which a basically insecure husband plays a god-like role and his wife, who initially worshipped him, matures and finds her situation depressing and degrading.
(5) If you can get through them, then you are considered a god in the world of cold calling.
(6) Last night, in a dramatic announcement that led some to accuse him of playing God, Venter said the dream had come true, saying he had created an organism with manmade DNA .
(7) The characters in the film realise that the “gods are not coming to save us”, he said.
(8) When I lived in New York, my local yoga centre would advocate veganism in terms I hadn't heard since I last went to synagogue ("godly") or spoke regularly to anorexics ("clean", "pure").
(9) In 1945 Aneurin Bevan said: ‘We have been the dreamers, we have been the sufferers, and now, we are the builders.’ And my God, how they built.
(10) From the moment God speaks to him until he leaves the ark and steps on to dry land, he never says a word.
(11) What the film does, though, is use these incidents to build an idiosyncratic but insightful picture of Lawrence, played indelibly by Peter O'Toole in his debut role: a complicated, egomaniacal and physically masochistic man, at once god-like and all too flawed, with a tenuous grip both on reality and on sanity.
(12) He was in Cruise of the Gods with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and David Walliams and, most famously, in the stage and screen version of The History Boys.
(13) And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations – to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God.
(14) His "Oh God" prayer was actually written after the England team failed in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but is likely to be useful in all future tournaments as well.
(15) OH MY GOD, I just looked it up online,” she wrote.
(16) There is a god who protects me, and I just don’t believe Hofer will send me to a concentration camp.” Like Marine Le Pen’s Front National, the Freedom party has actively tried to distance itself from its antisemitic past since at least 2010, when it joined a cross-party alliance in the European parliament with Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom and Italy’s Northern League.
(17) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
(18) In fact, it soon became clear that if there was anything designed to get Tony really riled, it was talk of God.
(19) Thank God the heroes of SWAT-team prevented the worst.
(20) Expressing the belief that it was important for Christians to engage in "a sincere and rigorous dialogue" with atheists, Francis recalled Scalfari had asked him whether God forgave those "who do not believe and do not seek to believe".
Gov
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Example Sentences:
(1) Last June, Gov Rick Scott signed into law an ALEC bill that blocks local governments from implementing paid sick leave.
(2) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
(3) UK will stand by gov and people of #Ukraine March 3, 2014 William Hague (@WilliamJHague) UK will give £10m of urgent technical help for economic + political reform in #Ukraine .
(4) He also worked with gov-ernment and policing org- anisations, and in the social, educational and health services, as well as for the Church of England and the US army.
(5) link at the bottom of gov press releases is for website errors only, right?
(6) This hopeful result came on the back of a You Gov poll that found 12% support for the Green party in European election voting intentions – in front of the Liberal Democrats on 10%.
(7) The exemptions are quite adequate to protect any document, and the IC review decisions make it plain.” Following Turnbull’s ministerial reshuffle , matters relating to “public data policy, including Gov 2.0 and related matters” were added to his responsibilities.
(8) Wright ... says feds 'don't care' about black New Orleans ... claims gov't spends too much on suburbs, not 'our neighbourhoods'.
(9) 7.01pm GMT And out comes another 2016 contender, Louisiana Gov.
(10) The editorial board writes, "In the best possible light, New Jersey Gov.
(11) Which reminds me of the Techdirt post this week that probably haunted me the most: "Ed Snowden's email provider, Lavabit, shuts down to fight US gov't intrusion" .
(12) Now Alec finds two contrasting scenes among pro-Moscow demonstrators, inside and outside the government building: Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) People inside Donetsk admin building freaking out about imminent gov't assault.
(13) Mexican gov doesn’t want me talking about terrible border situation & horrible trade deals.
(14) If so, big change of heart from Gov, as political cost will be high.
(15) Meanwhile here's an unsettling Gallup headline : " Economic Confidence Plummets as Gov't Shutdown Begins: Current -34 three-day average is worst since December 2011: Gallup's Economic Confidence Index's three-day rolling average stands at -34 for Oct. 1-3, down 14 points from Sept. 27-29, and the lowest such average since December 2011.
(16) In visiting Ferguson on Wednesday , Mr Holder made this case personal, perhaps bringing a level of trust to the local African-American community that doesn’t have much faith in the efforts of St Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch or Gov Jay Nixon.
(17) Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory vaccines.
(18) Even some Nebraskans who support the project, including Rep. Gov.
(19) We will work with Libyan gov on ensuring the transition remains on track and insecurity is addressed October 10, 2013 11.17am BST The president of the Libyan general national congress (GNC), Nouri Abusahmain, has been giving a press conference following the release of the prime minister Ali Zeidan.
(20) Depending on their location and relation with oesophageal varices, GVs can be classified as gastrooesophageal varices (GOV) and isolated gastric varices (IGV); each of these can be further subdivided as follows: GOV1 (extension of oesophageal varices along lesser curve) and GOV2 (extension of oesophageal varices towards fundus); and IGV1 (varices in the fundus) and IGV2 (isolated varices anywhere in the stomach).