Use "epic" in a sentence

1. commissioned epic poems and stirring stories about his ferocious

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2. “Harold, that was absolutely inspiring, truly an epic endeavor of love

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3. photo stop resembled the shooting of the latest epic from

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4. He had a copy of the same epic in Ionic

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5. Yes, Homer transmuted every facet to an epic scale

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6. In Nerissa’s profound isolation, she’d spend entire days imagining how his epic sounded

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7. Nerissa had each line of her epic firmly committed to memory

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8. When Xolon heard of this, he groused that Father must have been offered some ancient epic on Siros

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9. Nerissa longed to ask how the epic had progressed

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10. “You mentioned composing a long epic in the Cave of Loizos,” Homer said when she

11. What a stupendous fool I’ve been! All I ever had to do was come and hear your epic

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12. I blush at how I lectured you on the qualities of epic heroes

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13. My tale is only half an epic

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14. What follows is an epic struggle for justice, featuring, among other things, the Loch Ness Monster, a potato with gunshot wounds and the occasional interspatial warp matrix interface

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15. [217] The Bhagavad Gita was written in about 500 BCE, and is part of the epic Hindu poem, the Mahabharata

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16. Whether to refurbish this epic of the past was a decision the Administration had been putting off for years

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17. In retrospect, the six-year cruise of the Milo proved to be an epic and successful voyage, but also a sad journey with the loss of

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18. This is a story about the lives of Jonathan and Jessie Hawes and their two children, Addie and Frederic, before, during and after the epic voyage of the whaleship Milo from 1863 to 1869

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19. He was fascinated by it, probably because it was more epic, more dramatic than Christianity, and that’s what Khan loved best – drama

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20. I kind of dismissed that idea when the corn started falling from the sky, while horns and other brass instruments blared in epic fashion

21. The Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient text about a heroic figure, whose adventures occurred within the Euphrates River system, contains a story about an all-encompassing flood, which seems to describe an event similar to that recorded in the book of Genesis

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22. It comes from the Epic of Gilgamesh

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23. Some have interpreted Utnapishtim of the Epic to be the same character as Noah of the Genesis story

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24. The first discovered copies of the Epic of Gilgamesh are estimated to have been written at about 1,900 BC as if copied from earlier sources

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25. Based on the earliest discoveries of that Epic, my educated guess would have put these occurrences no more than two hundred years apart, but the epic turned out to be much older, as those later discoveries indicated

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26. The length of Abraham’s stay in Haran is not certain, but with the long popularity of the Epic story, certainly it would have been told and retold more than enough times to have become a tradition long before the time when “God” spoke to Abraham about leaving for parts south

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27. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim survived a great flood and was granted hero status and eternal life

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28. Were they stories of the same event? If so, when did it happen? According to the earlier estimate the Gilgamesh Epic appears to have happened sometime before 3,500 BC

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29. Considering the apparent foreshortening of time as one searches back into biblical ancient history, the six chapters that it took to move forward to Abraham from the flood of Noah, might fit into the two hundred years’ difference between Abraham’s stay in Haran and the earliest discovered copy (1,900 BC) of the Gilgamesh Epic

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30. This epic, it seems to me, is written in a style similar to Homer’s 900 BC Iliad, which itself was told as if about a very ancient folklore tale

31. The epic, which appears through archaeological discoveries, to have been an old story when it first appeared in written form (approximately 2,750 BC) was written in the language of Sumer

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32. This is similar to the journey of Gilgamesh (of the Epic) where he went up the Euphrates to fight the “giants of the mountains” on his way to meeting Utnapishtim of the (Epic’s) flood story…The length of Abraham’s stay in Haran is not certain but with the long popularity of the epic story, certainly it would have been told and retold more than enough times to have become a tradition long before the time when ‘God’ spoke to Abraham about leaving for parts south

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33. Is the story of Abraham also a parable? This biblical account seems to be much more than a story about of a single man’s epic journey in response to his “God’s” direction

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34. As an aside from the primary topic within Abraham’s story, another parable-like experience is embedded, and a conundrum that could offer a tie into a character in the Gilgamesh epic

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35. “All that is definitely known about Nimrod is that he was a Cushite, that he established a kingdom in Shinar, the classic Babylonia…In the Chaldean Epic of the deluge Nimrod has been identified with Gilgamesh” (Amer

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36. It was during a festival some city friends invited him to that he first heard a recital of a most famous epic poem

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37. It told about a hero king named Gilgamesh and his epic adventures, one of which had taken him from his kingdom at Uruk to somewhere near Haran, it was thought, by some whose families had been here a very long time

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38. If you were given the privilege of having witnessed such an event, in the safety of a distance that afforded an appreciation of the colossal scale upon which it took place, how would you describe what you had seen? What if you had also been made aware of the “Source” that had initiated such an epic occurrence?

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39. Two of the men were engaged in an epic struggle with their swords

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40. The most epic period in history being the Dark Ages of Europe, from 476 to 1000 a

41. “Wow” I said looking at the exterior glass wall to the epic view his office had of the city “I’ve never felt this intimidated by you before” I teased

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42. I slowly applauded him “That was a really epic speech my friend, I’m sold

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43. testimony to his epic shittiness as a person, a father, and a

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44. The people of the Exodus came from a pastoral heritage, becoming settled over many generations and then returning to earlier pastoral ways as they embarked upon this epic journey

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45. generations and then returning to earlier pastoral ways as they embarked upon this epic

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46. book that Mitra gave me (a sea epic that I was supposed to be

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47. This is not an epic adventure or a travel diary

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48. We are witnessing an epic battle of historical proportion, and the momentum of the people and the unity of purpose will be the force to respond to the opposing attempts for control

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49. With its immersive gameplay, deep storyline and epic movie-like delivery, this game is a worthy medium for Solid Snake’s final chapter

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50. But if you do, prepare for a massively epic adventure

51. Gaming legend Hideo Kojima brings the epic saga of Metal Gear Solid to the Playstation Portable in this amazing prequel story to the first Metal Gear game

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52. These monsters, or Aragami, are some of the most epic creature we have yet seen in a

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53. Because of Parrish they have basically been handed a mess of epic proportions

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54. Haqqani, Husain: “Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding”

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55. Indian epic, the glyphs of the Olmec, of the Aztecs and the

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56. They had hardly taken any notice, as gods have better things to be doing with their valuable time, such as selling their life stories as paperback epic sagas

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57. A foot missing its mark, an arm out of control, a hand holding a chunk of metal, a pain of epic proportions - all experienced in a heartbeat

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58. After a meal of epic proportions, she mounted up and had me fly north towards a Kingdom that had little commerce with Khafra as the huge Mountain range separated the two kingdoms and was nearly impassable for an army to travel over

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59. What we really need is the daily example, even a small one, in all small things, by performing actions, and not meditating great sceneries, epic events and vengeances at your wish

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60. Hers is the heroism of the ordinary, not of battle or epic danger but of the small perils of daily life

61. For Sam Ferris the journey to Nuremberg had proved to be the most arduous of his short life and there would be one more epic journey to come

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62. on the bedside table, the entire epic will be restored and permanently impressed

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63. Where Rachel saw the grand sweep of armies pitted against each other in epic struggles, Wendy saw the details of the movements of individual platoons and regiments as they dealt with the business of vanquishing an enemy

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64. Similarly, the epic poems The Iliad and The

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65. He had composed ten epic

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66. epic poems told of the history of the Trojan Wars, with

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67. how these epic poems came to be, they had to be

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68. I recommend the 2009 book by Steve Weinberg, Taking On The Trust: The Epic Battle Of Ida Tarbell And John S

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69. In an instant, Hank found himself and his vampire steed blasted off course and headed for a large tan, brick building covered in epic graffiti

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70. Frank McLynn – Wagons West: The Epic Story Of America’s Overland Trails (2002: Grove Press)

71. Excited by this battle, which reminded her of her epic charges against English soldiers when she was Joan of Arc, Nancy quickly plowed her way through the rioters, soon coming side by side with the Romans and shouting in Latin to the wine merchant while killing a rioter with her lance

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72. Quite often, guys don't realize there are tests until they are told about it - epic fail

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73. Ironically, not having to learn any of this caused me to pay closer attention to whatever epic event had clearly taken the wind out of her sails

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74. In the fall of 2007, Ken Burns’ epic about World War II, The

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75. Frank McLynn – Wagons West: The Epic Story of

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76. war of epic proportions on Planet X

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77. I realize that this is becoming an epic – by the way that is the name of some kind of health care drug program –

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78. The Epic Direct Network provides the opportunity for ambitious publishers of all

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79. He remembered all the young characters that so magnificently played out their roles, as if performing in some epic, Elysian opus

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80. “Ladies and Gentlemen for those of us who have closely followed African affairs I may shock you by saying that such adulation tells only a part of the Tanzanian epic

81. The Bhagavad-gita in Hinduism is a revered part of an epic poem, but is not in the ancient Vedas or the later Upanishads

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82. In terms of technical ingenuity, and courage, this raid by nineteen Lancaster’s is without doubt one of the great epic feats of precision bombing and it was Scientist Barnes Wallis who made it possible by developing the bouncing bomb

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83. Adolf Hitler therefore set in motion preparations for a battle that was to assume epic proportions; the greatest German attack in the west since the campaign in 1940 when he had brought down his enemies in ignominious defeat

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84. In the early 1990s, shareware distribution was a popular method of publishing games for smaller developers, including then-fledgling companies such as Apogee (now 3D Realms), Epic Megagames (now Epic Games), and id Software

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85. After Horus defeated his uncle Set in an epic battle and delivered Set to his mother, he sought the aid of Thoth, the god of wisdom, and revived his father with the gift of his own eye lost in his battle with Set

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86. them and smashed Jerusalem in the sixth century BC, they were anxious to share the wrath of their God by incorporating the Gilgamesh Flood Epic into their sacred writings as the story of Noah and his ark

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87. young when he started writing this epic, he knew what was within him:

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88. With its armored cars quickly decimated by the assault shuttles, the ISF replied by sending its own assault shuttles and more ground troops, turning the battle into an epic confrontation that transformed the Navy compound into a field of ruins within an hour

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89. ‘’Come on, sir! We are going to accomplish possibly one of the most epic raids in the history of Humanity with a thing called simply ‘V-6398’? Where is your sense of the grandiose?’’

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90. There is within the Gilgamesh Epic

91. described as suitable for a Hollywood epic, what can

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92. from the cemetery is beyond epic

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93. SERIES, a five-book epic tale of two star-crossed-lovers and the legend of

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94. This had turned into a number of epic air battles, with heavy losses on both sides but with the Allies being better able to sustain and replace such losses

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95. But it wasn't another epic battle

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