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US
/kəˈsændɹə/
]
NOUN
- (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
How To Use Cassandra In A Sentence
- Cassandra Devine is a young member of Generation Whatever (in the near future). Dusk Before the Dawn » 2008 » August
- I walked up next to Cassandra, who started to comb her hair with a hairbrush that was laid on the dresser.
- They say the Hellenes 'gathered host will come in arms aboard their ships to Simois with its silver eddies, even to Ilium, the plain of Troy beloved by Phoebus; where famed Cassandra, I am told, whene'er the god's resistless prophecies inspire her, wildly tosses her golden tresses, wreathed with crown of verdant bay. Iphigenia at Aulis
- At 17, Cassandra is poised on the brink of womanhood.
- Cassandra took a drink of water, clearing her throat from so much talk.
- The painting is the inaugural work of an outstanding exhibition at Berlin's German Historical Museum called "Cassandra: Visions of Catastrophe 1914-1945," which documents an uncanny prophetic streak in German modernist art. Visions of Apocalypse and Transcendence
- Cassandra uses all of her wiles to manipulate Duncan.
- Crook was slightly miffed that Cassandra didn't seem impressed by his deductive powers. STAGE FRIGHT
- Cassandra is sharp as a tack, awkward, and still young enough to greet her awakening desire and finer perceptions with astonishment and hyperbole.
- Being the Cassandra is no picnic, no matter what brave face I try to put on by joking about it. The Volokh Conspiracy » Our Own Randy Barnett Talks to Prof. Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit) About Whether ObamaCare Is Constitutional
