1
: a female god
2
: a woman whose great charm or beauty arouses adoration
Examples of goddess in a Sentence
a goddess of ancient Greece The actress, who is already a goddess in her own country, is finally getting recognition here.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 While Pelusium is named after the god Pelusius, little is known about the deity beyond his mention in Greek-Roman philosopher Plutarch’s Isis and Osiris as a child linked to the goddess. —Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 19 Apr. 2026 The Superbloom Tour will be filled with celebration, dancing, theatre, cowboys and goddesses and of course a LOT of singing. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2026 Set in an Aztec world, young Mexica warrior Xilactzin, accused of stealing sacred bones, crosses to the Mictlan underworld to retrieve them and battle the goddess of darkness, Itzpapalotl. —John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for goddess
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 While Pelusium is named after the god Pelusius, little is known about the deity beyond his mention in Greek-Roman philosopher Plutarch’s Isis and Osiris as a child linked to the goddess. —Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 19 Apr. 2026 The Superbloom Tour will be filled with celebration, dancing, theatre, cowboys and goddesses and of course a LOT of singing. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2026 Set in an Aztec world, young Mexica warrior Xilactzin, accused of stealing sacred bones, crosses to the Mictlan underworld to retrieve them and battle the goddess of darkness, Itzpapalotl. —John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for goddess
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/goddess. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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goddess
noun
god·dess ˈgäd-əs 
1
: a female god
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: a woman of great charm or beauty
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