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gargoyle

[gahr-goil] / ˈgɑr gɔɪl /
NOUN
carved grotesque figure acting as a spout
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A host of celebrity judges have to decide whether they’re seeing an elaborate cake or Halloween decor like a jack-o-lantern, a black cat and a gargoyle.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2025

Mr Palmen, 61, said: "I find the gargoyle very amusing, I'm using it as my Facebook profile picture."

From BBC Sep. 26, 2023

Kimbrough also lent his voice to a gargoyle named Victor in Disney’s animated film “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 5, 2023

His villainy is like a gargoyle — inert and thoroughly grotesque.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2021

But Harry was already hurtling back along the corridor and within minutes, he was saying “toffee eclairs” to Dumbledore’s gargoyle, which leapt aside, permitting Harry entrance onto the spiral staircase.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The architect’s mischievous side comes through in countless sketches for his famous gargoyles, which achieve “both anatomical coherence and a sense of demonic vitality.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

He talked about going to an art show at the studio, and he saw a piece of a bunch of gargoyles sitting on a log flying kites.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2024

Water was discharged from the roof via gargoyles which were said to crouch in agony under the weight of their load.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2023

Gibson had long admired Winterbottom’s work, from his photographs of the gargoyles and grotesques of Washington National Cathedral to the stonework of the Washington Monument.

From Washington Post Feb. 1, 2023

Then he’d have to swing onto a landing eighteen feet away, before making his way to the other gargoyles on which Grave and Nox now quarreled.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas



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