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- noun Plural form of
gargoyle .
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Examples
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I have collected gargoyles from the age of 18, I love them as architecture and I always find them useful to evoke the frame of mind I like to have when tackling darker stories.
What does your writing area say about you? « Write Anything 2008
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“Some call our gargoyles the ‘true professors of Princeton.’”
Enchanted Ivy Sarah Beth Durst 2010
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The Literate Ape had said the gargoyles were the good guys.
Enchanted Ivy Sarah Beth Durst 2010
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“Some call our gargoyles the ‘true professors of Princeton.’”
Enchanted Ivy Sarah Beth Durst 2010
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The Literate Ape had said the gargoyles were the good guys.
Enchanted Ivy Sarah Beth Durst 2010
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The Literate Ape had said the gargoyles were the good guys.
Enchanted Ivy Sarah Beth Durst 2010
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“Some call our gargoyles the ‘true professors of Princeton.’”
Enchanted Ivy Sarah Beth Durst 2010
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Some of those old, grotesque faces, called gargoyles, are seen on the projections of the architecture.
Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Two of the entities classified as gargoyles by Carlos Abett flew over the car, while another two would later "leap" in front of the moving vehicle only minutes later.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The view from Notre Dame tower (all of the prior things were included on the pass) was breathtaking and the gargoyles are a lot bigger than they appear from the ground.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
gianpaolo.malpaga commented on the word gargoyles
... illuminated manuscripts and Gothic gargoyles .....
July 15, 2009