How to Use dragon in a Sentence

dragon

noun
  • In many ways, 2023 may turn out to be the year of the dragon.
    — Maelle Gavet, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • For the dragon is in some ways the least of the knight’s problems.
    — Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books, 15 June 2021
  • Kate's choice to wear red could be a nod to the red dragon on the flag of Wales.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The Mouse is still mighty, but there’s a dragon rising in the east.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • My place was down in the dungeons, where the dragons lived.
    — Ally Beardsley, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • This is finally the time the Padres slay the dragon up north, the mighty Dodgers.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Toasting the year of the dragon, Kim and Garcia rose to share a few kind words with the room.
    — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The writers have done their jobs; the rest is in the hands of the directors, cast and crew… and of course the dragons.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 8 May 2023
  • In short, to keep the blood of the dragon as pure as possible.
    — Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • This is not the first time a Disney dragon has caught fire.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The dragons of the Cold War were slain, and new serpents followed.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 30 Dec. 2024
  • She’s been trapped in stone, crystal, and in the twisting body of a dragon.
    — Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The dragons and Vikings are taking to the skies once again, this time in live action.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some of you may have seen the Padres’ dragon-slaying defeat of the Dodgers and want to know more about the team.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • For instance, how many times has the dragon made off with their kids and they just . . .
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Call the banners and muster the dragons, there is trouble in the kingdoms!
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The true blood of the dragon clearly flows in the Game of Thrones prequel series.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Many gods at that time could be birds or could be a tiger or could be a dragon.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
  • So, in that sense as well, the dragon was a key point of the choreography.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The only problem is, at the end of the first film, he’s eaten by a dragon.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The name is a combination of the Greek words for death and dragon.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 May 2022
  • And there are two cute designs to choose from, owl or dragon.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Vermithor is the second largest dragon the Targaryens own.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Oct. 2022
  • But as there are no dragons here, that would make for a very boring show.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The tableau gave every leading lass a chance to glide through the crowd in the wake of an enormous dragon’s head.
    — The Masked Observer, al, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Rich witches and dragon witches are two sides of the same coin.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Mar. 2021
  • There was even a 270-foot dragon takeover on top of the Empire State Building.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • Over the course of the application and firing of layers, the details of the dragon take shape.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The biggest creature in the mural is a dragon, whose body and tail wind across all of the panels.
    — Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The 600-pound dragon in any Quad meeting — and the room on Friday — was China.
    — Arthur Herman, National Review, 1 Oct. 2021

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