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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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
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Others looked like starbursts, which paid tribute to the founder’s vision and while also appearing to pull inspiration from the headdresses of the 1,001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, from the Sanjusangendo temple in Eastern Kyoto.
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
For the Athenæum collection, the owl is sacred to Athena, goddess of wisdom and war.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
Others looked like starbursts, which paid tribute to the founder’s vision and while also appearing to pull inspiration from the headdresses of the 1,001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, from the Sanjusangendo temple in Eastern Kyoto.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
Volunteers recently unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near a historic British landmark.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
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“Goddess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goddess. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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goddess
noun
god·dess
ˈgäd-əs 
1
: a female god
2
: a woman of great charm or beauty
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