Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

centaur

[sen-tawr] / ˈsɛn tɔr /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Hassabis believes we are now entering that centaur era of science.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Air pollution is also unlikely for another reason; the centaur head has been indoors in Copenhagen since before the modern industrialization began in the 18th century.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

In another hall, art students sketched a sculpture of a centaur from the Parthenon Marbles.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2023

The prince himself came to see you, leading a centaur colt.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.

From Scientific American May 31, 2023

Ancient Egyptians had the Sphinx, a human-lion-falcon mashup akin to mythical Greco-Roman centaurs and fauns.

From Slate Feb. 14, 2022

“The woods in ‘Harry Potter’ are controlled by centaurs, the schools are run by wizards and ghosts.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2022

But most men don’t find peace imagining themselves as centaurs.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2021

The drakon lashed out, swallowing three Californian centaurs in one gulp before I could even get close.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




Vocabulary lists containing centaur


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training