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How to use legend in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Legend means the life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend). Example: “As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.”

Examples of legend by meaning

nounThe life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).

  • As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.

nounA story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

  • The legend of Troy was discovered to have a historical basis.

nounA plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.

  • the legend of Robin Hood

nounA story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.

  • The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends. Here's the real story.

nounA fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.

  • According to his legend, he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa.
  • If the documents are needed to establish "a light legend," meaning a superficial cover story, no steps are taken to make sure that if someone calls the college or motor vehicle department, the name on the document will be registered.1992, Ronald Kessler, Inside the CIA, Pocket Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 115
  • Sorge solidified his own position by returning to Germany and developing a new legend.2003, Rodney Carlisle, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spies and Espionage, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 105

nounSuch stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.

  • According to ancient legend, a Greek girl, partaking of saffron for an entire week, could not resist a lover.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 212

nounA leading protagonist in a historical legend.

  • Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.

nounA person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.

  • Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.
  • Sachin Tendulkar stands as a legend in cricket.

More sentences with legend

  • According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.From the entry haunted
  • An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.From the entry blink
  • Legend has it that they laid him away in an unmarked grave.From the entry lay away
  • An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.From the entry jato
  • She’s got a point. She’s an icon, she is a legend, and she is the moment. Now, come on, now. You got to give it up to Kim.From the entry moment
  • According to legend, the gods had allotted a certain number of saecula to every people or civilization; the Etruscans, for example, had been given ten saecula.From the entry saeculum
  • There would always be legends about how their ghosts would haunt the mines.2025 October 31, Wendigoon, “Journal of a Coal Miner’s Daughter”, in CreepCast. From the entry coal country
  • However, no tall tale or playground rumor has surpassed Herobrine, Minecrafts most infamous urban legend, in popularity.2024 July 24, Jack Peachey, “Minecraft’s Herobrine Creepypasta Explained”, in Game Rant. From the entry playground rumor
  • She had three weeks in Washington State tracking down the local legends.2020, Shona Husk, Close to the Truth, HarperCollins Australia, →ISBN. From the entry pterosaur
  • O’Hara is, of course, a treasure, and she made the indomitable Moira Rose into an absolute legend.2020 August 19, Glenn Whipp, “Emmys 2020 comedy predictions: Expect ‘Schitt’s Creek’ to win big”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles…. From the entry frippet
  • According to legend, the name of Lioujia originated over three hundred sixty years ago.2020 November 6, “History”, in Lioujia District Office, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2022. From the entry Lioujia
  • An impossibly skinny legend named Violet Chachki has a thing or two to say about that.2020, Justin Kirkland, “Fits for a Queen: A RuPaul's Drag Race Style Review”, in Esquire. From the entry skinny legend
  • Urban legend has it that someone is monitoring all those e-mails broadcast from your work address.2016, Richard A. Moran, “That Permanent Record”, in The Thing about Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters: A Worker’s Manual…. From the entry broadcast
  • Legend: ah, aedeagal hood; ce, cercus; sa, surstylar apodeme; sl, superior lobe; su, surstylus.2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS…. From the entry surstylus
  • "Telempathy is a skill that so far exists only in legends and rumors," Sue says.2013, C[ynthia] J[aynes] Omololu, Intuition, New York, N.Y. […]: Walker Books, →ISBN, page 213. From the entry telempathy
  • According to legend, the Were-Hare had teeth of gold, so long they reached below his chin.2013 April 2, Pseudonymous Bosch, Write This Book: A Do-It-Yourself Mystery, illustrated edition, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers…. From the entry werehare
  • Lili‘u set to work assisting Fornander by translating mele and legends for him.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 49. From the entry mele
  • Pirate legends are still told in Chinpi, the most traditional village on Peikan Island.2011 September 7, “Matsu Islands”, in GlobalSecurity.org, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2011. From the entry Peikan
  • This explains why the first pishtaco figures in the legend were priests and soldiers.2008, Jennifer McLagan, Fat, →ISBN, page 217. From the entry pishtaco
  • The late James Smith of Campbell River, who claimed Komenox ancestry, recounted one of their important legends.2008, Jeanette Taylor, Tidal passages : a history of the Discovery Islands, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, page 240. From the entry Komenox
  • The legend has it that the koha never makes a nest of its own.2006, Swarna Wickremeratne, “Festival of New Beginnings: The New Year”, in Buddha in Sri Lanka: Remembered Yesterdays, Albany, N.Y.: State…. From the entry koha
  • A new "ancient legend" was created for this creature with this tower.2002, Can-Seng Ooi, Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore, Copenhagen…. From the entry merlion
  • The legend alleged that the Merlion landed on Sentosa and saved Singapore from a storm.2002, Can-Seng Ooi, Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore, Copenhagen…. From the entry merlion
  • According to legend, Herakles, whose feet were 0·32 meters (12·7 inches) long, stepped-off the Stadion at Olympia.2001, Edward Seldon Sears, Running Through the Ages, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry stadion
  • A citizen of Chelm, an idiot, one of those characters my grandfather's legends are made of.1999, Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree, Coteau, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry Chelm
  • Multitrillionaire, captain of industry, statesman, public servant, philanthropist, Weatherwax was a legend in his own time.1998 December, Ben Bova, Sam Gunn Forever, Avon Eos, →ISBN, pages 230–231. From the entry multitrillionaire
  • In the legend of the Trojan War, Ajax was king of Salamis and son of Telamon.1995, David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry ajax
  • In the god Baldur the legend recognizes the god of the earth-sun, the earth force.1993, Rudolf Steiner, Apocalypse of Saint John, page 99. From the entry Baldur
  • According to a sixth-century legend, King Abgar Ukamâ of Edessa fell ill.1993, Joseph Leo Koerner, “Not Made by Human Hands”, in The Moment of Self-portraiture in German Renaissance Art, Chicago, Ill.…. From the entry mandylion

Meaning of legend

  1. noun The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
  2. noun A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
  3. noun A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.

Full definition of legend

Questions about legend in a sentence

How do you use legend in a sentence?
Legend is used as a noun and verb. For example: “As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.”
What is a short sentence with legend?
“the legend of Robin Hood”
What does legend mean?
Legend means the life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legend (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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