gargoyle

Example Sentences

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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

A former tattooist who left a woman "looking like a gargoyle" after giving her botched face fillers had been posing as a doctor at his aesthetics clinic, a BBC investigation has revealed.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

Another modern, and whimsical, touch is the so-called businessman or yuppie gargoyle, depicting a Gothic creature with sideburns and holding a briefcase.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2021

It’s a live-action cartoon with rat-a-tat guns and laughs, and gargoyle villains right out of Dick Tracy.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2020

While she read, I hunched over my plate like a gargoyle, trying to interpret her head tilt.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows