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Gryphons had always had an inherent hatred for slavery as a matter of principle, and this was making the gryphon's hackles rise, and quickly.
Elephant in the City 2010
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The wind of Kel's wings cleared the mist; his sudden appearance silenced everyone, with shock and alarm, for no one here was used to a gryphon's dramatic entrances.
Elephant in the City 2010
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He made very short work of the meal - which was indeed a full meal even by a gryphon's standards - and they were shortly on their way.
Elephant in the City 2010
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I was surprised at the baroque workmanship of his mask, fashioned like a gryphon's head with an open, threatening mouth, but where the gullet would be was a face of silvered steel.
The Skrayling Tree Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2003
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When Kel opened the door to the eyrie, using a latch made for a gryphon's talons, he was soon disabused of that notion.
Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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Leryn reached out a weary hand to ruffle the gryphon's fur, then staggered to his feet.
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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Leryn saw the carcass of a deer still clutched in the gryphon's claws, and realized with a shock that it'she?
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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Then Leryn came to himself enough to realize he was cradled like a baby against a gryphon's side, a golden wing sheltering him, and it was a deadly beak so gently offering him food.
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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And Leryn heard, or felt, or sensed, he couldn't have said how, the gryphon's own grief.
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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It wasn't going to stay fresh much longer or, for that matter, judging from the gryphon's appetite, last much longer.
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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