griffin

Example Sentences

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On a stone table supported by carved griffins, fragments of other decorative stonework are placed.

From Washington Post

The coin reunites all 10 beasts in one design, including a lion, griffin, falcon, bull, yale, greyhound, dragon, unicorn and a horse.

From BBC

One painting showed a rabbit being attacked by a griffin — a symbol of the mass murder of Jews in the area centuries before.

From New York Times

For every lion there’s a griffin — a lion’s body fused with an eagle’s head, wings and sometimes talons — and for every pelican, a fire-breathing dragon.

From Los Angeles Times

You rallied under a blue banner with a griffin or some such creature on it; they rallied under a green banner with a dragon on it.

From The Guardian