How to Use Jocasta in a Sentence

Jocasta

noun
  • Leading up to the day of the wedding, Ellen and Jocasta have mended fences.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Jamie is reunited with his Aunt Jocasta at River Run.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Strong plays Oedipus, and Manville makes her Broadway debut as Jocasta.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Icke’s interpretation of the Greek tragedy puts Jocasta at the center of the action.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Jocasta is the Elizabeth Taylor of Outlander.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • By the time Jocasta brings Brian into the room, Elle is all ready to go and looking like a Disney princess, albeit one who’s going to the gallows.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Sadhbh Malin stars in Blood of My Blood as the youngest MacKenzie sister, Jocasta.
    — EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The apology arrives a little late, but Jocasta is moved by her sister’s vulnerability nonetheless.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But playing Jocasta, a woman with very unfortunate taste in men, is thrilling for Manville, who leapt at the challenge of tackling Sophocles’ tragic heroine when Robert Icke approached her with the part.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Yet later, Jocasta whispers to Ellen that Dougal — who is making promises to Stuart supporters in his campaign to run the clan — has promised his sister’s hand to a Jacobite leader in exchange for that faction’s vote.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Here, Jocasta’s brother, Creon (John Carroll Lynch), is Oedipus’s top adviser and speechwriter, constantly stressed by the charismatic candidate’s tendency to go off book.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • One of the youngest of the MacKenzie brood (and often seen with sister Janet), Jocasta Cameron is sometimes callously honest, perpetually jealous of the attention Ellen gets, and unhappily married to an old man.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Prior to landing the role of Jocasta, Malin appeared in the film Love, Rosie (2014) and the Hulu series Conversations With Friends (2022).
    — EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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