gorgon

Example Sentences

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Mountain yam, bamboo pith and shoots, lotus seeds and gorgon fruit, which Yin says “looks like chickpeas, and tastes like tapioca,” all appear on his menu, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Instead of an evil monster, Haynes’s Medusa is a beloved gorgon sister with a keen intellect and a curiosity about the human world.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

It’s really upsetting to have a guy just swinging his arms around like a gorgon, just smashing and destroying everything around him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2018

“Postcards From the Edge” was Ms. Fisher’s roman à clef that portrayed Ms. Reynolds as a kind of nonchalant, casually narcissistic gorgon of a mother.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2016

Her armor had long slash marks in front from the claws of a gorgon.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan