mortalin a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
mortal as in: mortal body
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Don't expect perfection of a mere mortal.
mortal = human
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In the story, she was neither a mortal nor a god. She was a demi-god.
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That old uncrossable gulf, between mortal and divinity. (source)
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NO MORTAL OR GHOST IS SAFE! (source)
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"… Our helper He a-mid the floods," wafted out across the Common in the tempo of a football march, "Of mortal ills prevailing!" (source)mortal = human (especially merely human)
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Few mortals have ever done this and survived: (source)mortals = humans (especially merely humans)
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Nonmortal force only.† (source)Nonmortal = not humanstandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nonmortal means not and reverses the meaning of mortal. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
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The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. They're Caesar's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, 'Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal.' (source)mortal = human (especially merely human)
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Lestat hunted for mortals every night, (source)mortals = humans
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Nonmortal procurement.† (source)Nonmortal = not human
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I will be ready to risk my life at any time ... for the mortal world with whose safety we are charged. (source)mortal = human (especially merely human)
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"It is not easy for us to tell the difference between two mortals" said the Elf. (source)mortals = humans
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Brother Daniel was talking of the last moment we knew of in Mary's human life... Our Blessed Mother had been taken up into heaven, body and soul. What did we think of that? We went around the room, everyone declaring it was an honor for a mere mortal. (source)mortal = human (especially merely human)
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...dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; (source)mortals = humans
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mortal as in: a mortal wound
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Have the detectives determined who struck the mortal blow?
mortal = causing death
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It was a slow death from the mortal injury.
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And, of course, Rostam inflicting a mortal wound onto his son, the warrior Sohrab. (source)mortal = lethal (causing death)
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Redd screeched, and again The Cat felt the stinging, mortal blow of her scepter. (source)mortal = deadly (causing death)
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Look down on a poor soul in worse than mortal peril. (source)mortal = deadly (causing death)
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Why had I not followed him and closed with him in mortal strife? (source)mortal = lethal (causing death)
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We each held ready to use our various armaments, the spiritual in the left hand, the mortal in the right. (source)
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I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat. (source)
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I swear; and by thee, O Night, and the spirits that preside over thee, to pursue the daemon who caused this misery, until he or I shall perish in mortal conflict. (source)
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Roll'd from his chariot with a mortal wound, (source)mortal = causing death
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Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, (source)mortal = deadly
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a serpent armed with mortal sting. (source)mortal = causing death
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My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt In my behalf; (source)mortal = lethal (causing death)
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Hold fast the mortal sword, (source)mortal = deadly
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mortal as in: felt mortal agony
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She was in mortal fear of seeing him.
mortal = extreme or intense
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They are mortal enemies.mortal = intense
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If Harry Potter goes back to Hogwarts, he will be in mortal danger. (source)mortal = extreme
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From what I could gather on the rare occasions when Isaac shared with the group, a recurrence had placed his remaining eye in mortal peril. (source)
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The instant Curly kicked open the door, he realized there was no poisonous snake in the bathroom, no cause for mortal alarm. (source)mortal = extreme
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He took a deep breath and exhaled through his nose, the air hissing through his mustache for what seemed an eternity I couldn't decide whether I wanted to hug him or leap from his lap in mortal fear. (source)
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He saw the world as a battlefield in which the children of light were locked in mortal conflict with the sons of darkness. (source)mortal = intense
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Alyss turned for a last look at the raging Cat, at the brave chessmen who had put themselves in mortal danger for her sake. (source)mortal = extreme
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For four mortal hours she sat on a wooden bench and struggled to grasp the tricky process of carding wool. (source)mortal = intense
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Those eels will take a mortal long time to cook, and either of you might faint with hunger before they're done. (source)mortal = extremely
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It was a frightening pain, because he could not see what was happening, and he had the feeling that some mortal injury was being done to him. (source)mortal = extreme
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She looked like a woman who walked in mortal fear… (source)
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I am in mortal terror at this turn, for I haven't any idea what the things are called professionally. (source)
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...him that always seemed to have such a mortal dread of little girls. (source)
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