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libation

Meaning

A liquid offering made to a deity, especially by pouring.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

With a heavy heart, he poured the precious wine onto the earth. This final libation was a solemn gesture, a desperate plea for peace to the spirits above.

The old fisherman felt a lump in his throat as he stood on the deck. He raised the flask, the salty air biting at his face. With a whispered plea for a good catch, he poured a small amount of the amber liquid onto the waves. It was a final, somber libation to the sea before setting sail.

Tears streamed down her face as she poured the precious water onto the dusty ground. It was a final, desperate act, a sad libation for a lost hope, a plea to whatever listened in the silent sky.

Rain lashed the dusty shrine. With trembling hands, she poured the precious water, a humble libation for the parched earth. She hoped it would be enough to appease the sky and bring forth a little life.

The old fisherman sighed, holding up the small vial of precious, filtered rainwater. This would be his final libation for the deep currents, a humble pouring back into the sea that had always given, a silent plea for safe passage through the coming storm.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He raised the cup, a silent prayer on his lips. The wine, a sacred libation, spilled onto the ancient stones, a desperate plea for favor. He hoped this offering would appease the gods and save his village from ruin.

He held the bottle, his hands trembling slightly. With a silent prayer for strength, he poured a small libation onto the parched earth. It was all he had left, a humble offering for a desperate plea.

With trembling hands, she poured the warm oil onto the cracked altar, a silent prayer escaping her lips. This small libation was all she had left to offer the ancient spirits, a desperate plea for their help against the encroaching blight that withered their crops.

The elder, his face etched with worry, held the rough clay cup aloft. He whispered ancient words as a thin stream of fermented kelp juice trickled onto the barnacle-encrusted shrine, a desperate libation for safe passage across the treacherous strait.

The solemn silence of the underground observatory pressed in. As the alien artifact pulsed with an unsettling light, Anya poured the shimmering liquid from her flask, a desperate libation to whatever ancient forces might be listening, hoping for a sign.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

With a trembling hand, she poured the golden wine, a silent plea for peace. This libation, a liquid offering to the unseen powers, felt like her last hope as the storm raged, threatening to consume everything. She could only watch it vanish into the thirsty earth.

The ancient ritual demanded a solemn pouring. With a trembling hand, the shaman offered a fragrant libation, a liquid sacrifice to appease the churning, subterranean energies. They hoped this precious offering would soothe the earth's fury.

With a heavy heart, Elara poured the finest wine, a solemn libation to the silent stars. It was all she had left, a desperate plea for a glimmer of hope to pierce the suffocating darkness of her grief.

With trembling hands, Elara poured a small amount of the iridescent fluid onto the mossy stone. It was a final, hopeful libation to the silent mountain spirit, a desperate offering for safe passage through the treacherous ice fields ahead.

The shaman, face etched with deep respect, slowly tipped the clay jug. A warm, fragrant liquid cascaded onto the weathered stone altar. This precious libation was a sincere plea for bounty, a vital offering poured out to the unseen forces that governed the arid plains, hoping for rain.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

With trembling hands, he poured the sacred libation, a somber offering to appease the unforgiving skies. He hoped this solemn act, this final gesture of supplication, might quell the impending tempest and avert further calamity.

With a somber heart, Elara ascended the precipice, the cool night air a testament to her reverence. She poured the rich wine, a solemn libation, onto the ancient altar stones, a plea for succor whispered on the wind to the indifferent heavens above.

Under the stark fluorescence of the subterranean hydroponics bay, Anya performed the ritual. With trembling hands, she tipped the vial, a clear libation for the nascent fungal bloom, hoping this offering would appease whatever unseen force governed its growth and prevent the creeping blight from consuming their last hope.

With trembling hands, the elder poured a rich, dark libation from a clay amphora. The pungent aroma of fermented honey and rare herbs rose, a heartfelt tribute to the earth spirits before the arduous trek through the obsidian tunnels, a desperate plea for safe passage.

The lone surveyor, his throat parched from the arid air, poured a measure of precious water onto the parched earth. It was a meager libation, a hopeful offering to the unforgiving geological forces that shaped this desolate expanse, a desperate appeal for a vein of ore.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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