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How to use sibyl in a sentence

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The outlaws, aided by an old sibyl, defeat the castle's forces, and it burns to the ground.
Keyword: seidr is an old Nordic expression which was used by the wise sibyl, when they had to do magic.
It might be sage or sibyl, spirit or symbol.
Her height and massiveness in the low room gave her the look of a huge sibyl, while the strange fragrance of the mysterious herb blew in from the little garden.
Sibyl watched as Lady Plymouth's private troubadour began to instinctively pluck strings of the viol.
When they are to arrive in Italy they are to seek out a prophetess called the Sibyl at Cumae.
When Aeneas travels to the underworld, as most heroes do, he is accompanied by Sibyl, his guide sent by Apollo.
As an excellent Latinist, he would have been familiar with the tale of the Sibyl, and probably kept the painting nearby.
From the thinning mist, Sibyl watched as the serfs outside the outer bailey plowed the acres of harvest-ready grain and whatnot.
Will ran towards the outer courtyard, Sibyl in close pursuit, noticeably slowed down by her thin shoes and bulky dress.
She was to become a lady-in-waiting for a baroness in Norfolk, the end of the English world for Sibyl.
Sibyl was never in a mood to compete with her, for they each had different opinions and views on how things should come to pass.
Sibyl watched with fascination and stood, straightening her tight-fitting, crimson gown.
She came to the conclusion that Bridget and Sibyl Nevile were just children and pulled her mantle over her wet shoulders in a pout.
Sibyl Frei, Principal of DeGros Marsh Consulting, organized the mentorship think tank, and researched and wrote these documents.
Sibyl glanced back at the rising and falling tides of the English Channel, and sighed with the grace of a heavy heart.
Sibyl saw that she had succeeded in her mission and smiled contently.
With a playful interest, Sibyl remembered what Bridget had done, and following her example, lowered her chest and slipped a hand beneath her bosom to raise it.
Sibyl is the young woman you will meet after the ritual.
Sibyl Frei The cultural sector has been carefully examining how to survive and thrive in these changing times, and so too has the broader voluntary sector.
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Examples from Classical Literature
With a guard on either side the sibyl was shown into the presence of the king.
If you can't find a pet name for me you may call me sibylla, or sibyl, or just sib.
She sat like a sibyl, elbows on knees, chin in hands, her gaze narrowed and fixed.
A most mystic epistle truly, and closes in a vein of poetry worthy of the cumaean sibyl.
Her girlhood had in it a certain dignity as of a virgin priestess or sibyl.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
After the disposal of the books, the sibyl vanished, and was seen no more.
I'm afraid the sibyl is the only person capable of interpreting these.
The sibyl picked them up and wrote with an eagle's quill on each.
The sibyl only smiled and threw three of the books into the open fire.
When sibyl and her mother reached home, they found Mammy already at work.
Sibyl, queening it at some distance, had the air of conferring a favour as she listened.
So neas and Achates plunged into the primeval forest near which the Sibyl dwelt.
He has the inspiration and the science of the Sibyl without her contortions.
The prophetic rage of the cumaean Sibyl displays in the strongest colours the enthusiasm of the poet.
Admit the figure of the cumaean Sibyl, in like manner, to be the coinage only of Virgil's brain.
But it seems to me now that I had better tell you what the cumaean Sibyl has actually done for me.
Sibyl hastened away, and returned with her vinaigrette, which she handed to Rolfe.
Then did anchises send forth his son and the Sibyl by the ivory gate.
The Sibyl placed them in rows on the ledges of rock inside the cavern.
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