Sentence example with the word 'harpy'

harpy

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Definition n. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

Last update: June 23, 2015

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On the so-called Harpy monument from Lycia, now in the British Museum, the Harpies appear carrying off some small figures, supposed to be the daughters of Pandareus, unless they are intended to represent departed souls.   [Please select]

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Leanjawed harpy, hard woman at a bargain, her bonnet awry.   [Please select]

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But she is an awful old harpy.   [Please select]

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Lewin's bill--who is an inexorable harpy--I know of no act of mine that can afflict him.   [Please select]

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Here a sorrow overtook Æneas, that neither the harpy nor the seer had foretold.   [Please select]

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I know your bark, you, Harpy, and you, Lazybones, and you, Cloud and London.   [Please select]

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Layard sent me an impression; and on the Harpy Tomb in Lycia, about 600 B.   [Please select]

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One of the most notable species is the harpy eagle.   [Please select]

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; and on the Harpy Tomb in Lycia, about 600 B.   [Please select]

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No harpy ever went to its meat with one half the zest Mrs.   [Please select]

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Little Ascanius cried out, "We are eating our very tables;" and Æneas, remembering the harpy's words, knew that his wanderings were over.   [Please select]

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