gryphon
/ (ˈɡrɪfən) /
a variant of griffin 1
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How to use gryphon in a sentence
His most recent book of fiction was gryphon, a collection of stories published in 2011.
I must go back and see after some executions I have ordered'; and she walked off, leaving Alice alone with the gryphon.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis CarrollThe adventures first,' said the gryphon in an impatient tone: 'explanations take such a dreadful time.'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis CarrollThen he said: "Did you haply meet anywhere with a knight with the figure of a red gryphon upon his shield?"
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | Howard PyleOr Dryden perhaps had not taken up a right view of the gryphon's looking, or he thought that his readers would not.
He has let go the fell gryphon, borrowing instead the lion's glances of Emetrius.
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