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Recent Examples of sibyl
The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.
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Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.
—Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2021
There’s the Roman emperor Augustus and a sibyl in a 1435 painting by Konrad Witz.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 July 2019
Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.
—Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2021
There’s the Roman emperor Augustus and a sibyl in a 1435 painting by Konrad Witz.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibyl
Noun
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The Christie’s red chalk drawing of the foot was likely done from a live model, with Michelangelo showing the elegance of the Libyan Sibyl prophetess through her dramatically arched foot.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
23 Feb. 2026
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Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Every now and again, Monica, as much savvy therapist as all-knowing seer, interrupts Jean’s first-person account to offer guidance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Among these items is garlic, known in Persian as seer, which traditionally symbolizes protection against illness but can also broadly represent protection against harm.—
Armin Pazooki,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just beyond the respectable edges of Paris, among the soothsayers and strongmen, works Suzanne (Anaïs Demoustier).—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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If nothing else, Kidman should rally the rest of her Big Little Lies castmates as a roving band of blonde soothsayers and harbingers of eternal sleep.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Not everyone can labor in a cabin with the wisewoman of their choosing.—
Jennifer Block,
Longreads,
10 Mar. 2020
Noun
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Ora Cogan makes songs the way diviners cast charms.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
16 Mar. 2026
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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This season, his locker mate is making Ramírez look like an oracle.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The first teaser for the film lays out that mission, with Gail speaking with a fortune teller who knows way too well the specifics of Gail’s situation and sets her on her path forward.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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Toombs is best known today as the face of fortune teller Madame Leota inside the crystal ball in the Haunted Mansion’s seance circle at Disneyland.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sibyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibyl. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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