How to Use harpy in a Sentence
harpy
noun
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One is that late-night Oval Office scene with Amy, which casts Selina as the harpy.
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Jen Chaney,
New York Times,
29 May 2016
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Start out with helpless sheep and move your way up to helpless goblins and harpies.
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Loresjoberg,
WIRED,
18 Jan. 2007
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Alice Glass is a ghostly presence, a shrieking harpy that'll rip your soul or your body.
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Kat Bein,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2017
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Katzner is an experienced bird handler and one of two working with the harpy.
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Dana Oland,
idahostatesman,
12 Mar. 2018
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About the harpy Harpy eagles are native to Panama’s Darien Gap, a 4 million acre swath of roadless rainforest.
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Dana Oland,
idahostatesman,
12 Mar. 2018
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Teri Terrific, as she was known among friends, was much maligned in the film industry as a harpy who exploited Ms. Shields and turned her into an unprotesting meal ticket.
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Ruth La Ferla,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2018
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On press night, Intel’s processors came through, projecting Ariel onto columns of mosquito netting that descended from the rafters: now a supple sea-nymph, now a vengeful harpy.
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Andy Borowitz,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2016
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