Sentence examples for only a myth from inspiring English sources

Home, for Mr. Silver, is only a myth we invent to reassure and torture ourselves.

"That's why I could dare to have a character impersonate her: only a myth can inspire imitation".

David Brooks can talk all day long about how nice Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, really is and how his power is only a myth ("A Scandal Waiting to Happen," column, Nov. 20), but those of us who lost House representatives in Texas because of his sponsorship and financing for redistricting machinations know better.

Maureen O'Hara stars as the Macy's parade manager and matter-of-fact single mother, John Payne as the lawyer who'd like to make her believe in anyone or anything again and the 9-year-old Natalie Wood as her daughter, who has been taught that Santa Claus is only a myth and a fairy tale.

Paris, 20 September France's reputation as a country of witty, intelligent, pleasure loving people leading the rest of the world in the art of savoir-vivre is today only a myth after the publication of a survey which reveals, among other things, that the French sleep longer, work more, and read less than both the Russians and the Americans.

"That is only a myth really, especially if you look at how well England and France have been going," he said.

I grew up learning this American Dream story and have passed it on for inspiration to my own children -- those I've raised and those I've taught -- but I'm starting to lose confidence in that inspiration and I'm beginning to worry that I'm not only perpetuating a myth but a destructive one.

It may only be a myth, but doctors are probing the possibility that certain people experience more congestion when they drink milk.

He becomes not only a star but a myth, as Garry Wills defined it in his 1997 book "John Wayne's America".

He becomes not only a star but a myth, as Garry Wills defined it in his 1997 book "John Wayne's America" — something that was true for the people who needed it to be true.

The tunnel has been mentioned in multiple escape stories from Holocaust survivors, but was thought to only be a myth until now.