How to Use Daedalus in a Sentence

Daedalus

noun
  • But what of Daedalus, his poor father who watched his son plummet into the sea?
    — Natalie Zutter september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Icarus disobeying his father Daedalus and flying too close to the sun.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • The brutality of Daedalus’s revenge struck me.
    — Seamus Sullivan september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The legend of Icarus tells of a young man who escaped imprisonment with his father, Daedalus, by taking flight on wings made of feathers and wax.
    — Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
  • As if Minos inspired such hatred, such fear and disgust, that the feelings themselves boiled up from Daedalus’s heart and gushed out through the tap to cook the wicked king alive.
    — Seamus Sullivan september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • What of Daedalus, the architect who created the awful labyrinth imprisoning both the Minotaur and his victims?
    — Natalie Zutter september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan is available from Tordotcom, an imprint of Macmillan.
    — Seamus Sullivan september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The movie also correctly anticipates NASA having a large space station in orbit, called Daedalus, nearly a decade and a half before one exists.
    — Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2026
  • King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.
    — Seamus Sullivan september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Kevin Carter | Getty Images CNBC has requested comment from Daedalus Aviation.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The Washington Post first reported DHS' contract for the nearly $140 million purchase of the 737s from Daedalus Aviation.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The agreement is with Daedalus Aviation Corporation, which was established in Virginia in February 2024, according to corporate records.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025

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