Because our car broke down in the middle of nowhere, our vacation felt like an unpleasant odyssey. From LearnThat.org.
Matt Derbyshire revels in Greek odyssey as he prepares for Champions League bow. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
This odyssey is for all of us who are looking for 'a place where the river is wider and the water is not as deep. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Weight of All Things: Summary and book reviews of The Weight of All Things by Sandra Benitez.] Reference
Jarrar has endowed her narrator with an ear attuned to every note of family farce … Nidali's odyssey is as serious as it is comic and deeply moving. From Wordnik.com. [A Map of Home: Summary and book reviews of A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar.] Reference
The narrative jumps around restlessly among all these timeframes, but the description Jonas relates secondhand of his father's odyssey is especially evocative. From Wordnik.com. [From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers] Reference
The word odyssey, which means a long journey, comes from the name of a long epic poem, written by the Greek poet Homer sometime between the seventh and ninth centuries B.C. From Wordnik.com. Reference
His odyssey is the best account we have of recent Iranian history and U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Five Best] Reference
Final installment of the Spry family odyssey, that is next -- I know you can't wait -- right here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2004] Reference
And he appreciates the observation that he may have exercised poor judgment, calling his odyssey "a humbling experience.". From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan without incident, American Richard Garriott called his odyssey into space a "pinnacle experience.". From Wordnik.com. [World Hum] Reference
Their odyssey is a vivid example of the massive human tragedy unfolding in the Balkans as Milosevic's rampage through Kosovo shatters the lives of more than 600,000 refugees. From Wordnik.com. [A Family's Terrifying Odyssey] Reference
In this "odyssey" he tells us his own personal story here and what a tale it is. From Wordnik.com. [A Mexican Odyssey: Escape to Paradise by William Reed with Sylvia Garces de Reed] Reference
Not long ago, Aaron underwent even an "odyssey" of sorts. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference
The product of his odyssey is A Country of Strangers (607 pages. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Can't Get Along] Reference
This probably wasn't the kind of odyssey Homer had in mind when he first came into the world as a turtle. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Saving endangered species: It’s all about the economy] Reference
Interesting that the word "odyssey" in the title was misspelled by cover designers and there wasn't time to change the mistake. From Wordnik.com. [News on www.kyivpost.com] Reference
My medical odyssey began a year earlier in my home state. From Wordnik.com. [I’m 35, With Stage IV Breast Cancer] Reference
Soon-Yi endures this neurotic odyssey with charming patience. From Wordnik.com. [Woody And All That Jazz] Reference
It's a fascinating intellectual odyssey and a superb summary of where the science stands. From Wordnik.com. [What Do Monkeys Know?] Reference
It's a fascinating intellectual odyssey, and a superb summary of where the science stands. From Wordnik.com. [What Do Monkeys Know?] Reference
Imagine a well-insulated voyager, thermometer in hand, on an odyssey out from the sun's core. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries Of The Sun] Reference
That life becomes a hot odyssey of jazz in scenes vibrating with music, dance, humor and sensuality. From Wordnik.com. [A Folk Hero's Hot Odyssey] Reference
The story of their astonishing odyssey begins about one week and 200 miles down the road to Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [The Grunt's War] Reference
Much to the chagrin of its 278 passengers, the KLM jet made an exhausting odyssey back to Amsterdam. From Wordnik.com. [MYSTERY FLIGHT] Reference
My personal odyssey first led me to Brown University, where Baboo and I studied during the mid-1980s. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Underneath The Turban] Reference
From here, Penn's odyssey takes him around the world to kit out his bike with the perfect components. From Wordnik.com. [It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Robert Penn] Reference
Bob Dole's Bosnia odyssey was very public and rather awkward -- but, ultimately, heartfelt and honorable. From Wordnik.com. [Indisputable Imponderables] Reference
NEWSWEEK has traced their strange odyssey from their affluent homeland to their isolated cells on "Gitmo.". From Wordnik.com. [Guantanamo Justice?] Reference
That began my long odyssey to this work, getting stranded in Ohio and not making enough money to get back to Texas. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Nierenberg: Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years] Reference
The result of his 10-year odyssey was A New Kind of Science, a 1,200-page brick of a book that Wolfram self-published. From Wordnik.com. [One Man’s Answer] Reference
For most human shields, their Iraqi odyssey includes one early stop at a whitewashed Ottoman-era palace in old Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [Babes In Saddamland] Reference
Thus began an 18-month odyssey that took Aliona through Romania, Yugoslavia and Albania by car, boat and mountain treks. From Wordnik.com. [FACING DOWN TRAFFICKERS] Reference
Director Shinji Aoyama's unforgettable odyssey (shot in black and white) is all the more resonant in the aftermath of 9-11. From Wordnik.com. [Ansen's Top 15] Reference
The nine-month, 32,000-mile odyssey is one of the world's most grueling competitions -- the sailing equivalent of scaling Mount Everest. From Wordnik.com. [Taste The Salt, Feel The Wind] Reference
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