How to Use messianic in a Sentence

messianic

adjective
  • Head-to-toe white, of course, can also come with a strong whiff of the messianic.
    — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • First, tone down the messianic predictions of peace in our time.
    — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
  • Even if the movie's two sequels cribbed too much from the messianic-hero playbook, the good work was done.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • A lot of people who are in that position sort of see themselves as messianic.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Framing her as a prophet has opened the floodgates to all sorts of messianic theories.
    — Ellen Boucher, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Framing her as a prophet has opened the floodgates to all sorts of messianic theories.
    — Ellen Boucher, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Not long ago, a man ranting in a public square about global collapse might have seemed like a messianic crank.
    — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • There was warmth among the orphaned, and a collective hope that felt vaguely messianic.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The pop star raised his hands, striking a messianic pose from the stage as the adoring crowd strained to touch the edges of his flowing robe.
    — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But Pena’s acolytes often speak of him in nearly messianic tones.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The entire country was a messianic powder keg.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has portrayed himself as a messianic figure.
    — Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • That would get the doomsday Democrats and the messianic mullahs in Tehran talking.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Above all, Zuckerberg and his acolytes are guided by an almost messianic spirit.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Dreamers has flat spots here and there, but its messianic clarity never has trouble filling the room.
    — Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
  • To a cadre of young Israelis imbued with messianic zeal, the answer was obvious.
    — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • None of them could see that an order built on lies and propaganda around their messianic leadership was not destined to last.
    — Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Many of those supporters subscribe to the messianic belief that Schneerson is still alive.
    — Jake Offenhartz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • His father was revered because of his revival of messianic sentiment in Iraq.
    — Jane Arraf, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2017
  • The first half is messianic, hinting at a salvation long prayed for, and the second half sounds like a software company.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 May 2017
  • Perhaps Benoit Blanc will be contending with a messianic figure this time?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • The time of lies, impossible promises, and messianic leaders who pledge to fix everything is over.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 25 Aug. 2020
  • In time, messianic pop singers would create grotesque carbon footprints in the interest of advancing their brands.
    — Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
  • The messianic and the skeptical sides of our national temperament have been present and locked in combat for a very long time.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Our hero’s bitterness at the state of the world varies in this film from the vaguely messianic to the satisfyingly cathartic.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
  • Owens has a messianic ability to message hope in humanity in the midst of the apocalypse.
    — Vogue, 26 June 2017
  • But there is little sign at all that the Chinese government thinks in messianic terms about itself or aspires to conquer the world.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Some lauded the 31-year-old as an almost messianic figure, while others compared him to a Nazi.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • Trump, in this telling, is a messianic figure ordained to expose this ring of malefactors and imprison them all in Gitmo.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Their goal is to eventually create a messianic figure known as the Kwisatz Haderach.
    — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2021

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