dragons

Example Sentences

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During heavy rains, water spouts from the mouths of carved dragons on the corners of the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Originally inspired by traditional summer insect hunts in Japan, gameplay usually involves capturing and training fantastical "pocket monsters" resembling anything from mice to dragons, before sending them into battle against one another.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

They looked exhausted and relieved on full-time, like they'd had a brush with ghosts rather than dragons.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

In medieval Europe, illness affecting people, animals, and crops was often blamed on dragons.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

He wondered if dragons were really that terrible, or if people just said bad things about them because they looked so scary.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville