gargoyle
Example Sentences
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While she read, I hunched over my plate like a gargoyle, trying to interpret her head tilt.
From Literature
The architect’s mischievous side comes through in countless sketches for his famous gargoyles, which achieve “both anatomical coherence and a sense of demonic vitality.”
She stares straight ahead— past the giant oak tree, past the stone gargoyle, past the ritzy apartments with the doorman.
From Literature
As they approached, Danny could see the knocker was shaped like a gargoyle head.
From Literature
The sharpness of his features reminds me of stone gargoyles that glare down at people from the churches back home.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
