The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
These cows are strong, trim, intelligent beauties, with long bodies and noble-looking horns curved like lyres.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2019
Inside, he decorated with an over-the-top style that included paintings of Grecian, nymph-like characters playing lyres under palm trees.
From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2013
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2013
We all sat around a semicircle of stone steps, singing halfheartedly and watching the bonfire blaze while the Apollo guys strummed their guitars and picked their lyres.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
