vulturine

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Mandelup follows Tester as he is scouted by a vulturine manager, who we only meet once, and, believe me, once is enough.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2019

His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018

Even Erdrich seems tested by Romeo with his "caved, tubercular-looking chest, scrawny arms, a vulturine head, and perpetually stoked-up eyes."

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2016

Waterall turned to him, the vulturine cast of his face more noticeable than ever.

From The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

With golden arrows furnished with vulturine wings shot on all sides, let the firmament seem today to swarm with fire-flies.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan