Apotheosis

//əˌpɑ.θiˈoʊ.sɪs//

"Apotheosis" in a Sentence (13 examples)

The work is called "The Apotheosis of Washington", and it depicts George Washington, the first American president, being drawn to heaven.

The apotheosis of AI is a bit premature.

The apotheosis of Trump in the eyes of many of his followers is all but inevitable, and even in progress.

The soffit of the archway is ornamented with deeply recessed coffers, and a relief in the centre represents the apotheosis of Titus.

In Rome itself the official position was clear: the apotheosis of the emperor took place only after his death; this had to be officially recognized by the Senate, and only then did the emperor become a divus with an official cult.

As a former mortal who underwent apotheosis, Hercules was important to the emperors.

The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.

In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.

Thereafter, the caterpillar achieved a sort of posthumous apotheosis. From local authority to the Dorchester magistrates, from the Dorchester magistrates to a Divisional Court presided over by the Lord Chief Justice of England, from the Lord Chief Justice to the House of Lords, the immolated insect has at length plodded its methodical way to the highest tribunal in the land.

In his despair he had nowhere to turn. It is the very apotheosis of the place and the time.

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In 2009, in the course of It Felt Like A Kiss, the sublime theatre event Curtis put on with Punchdrunk about the birth of hyper-consumerism, I was separated from the audience and sent down a long, dark corridor, which I took to represent the apotheosis of individualism.

The apotheosis of her career was her appointment as chairman.

Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing — straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!

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