gargoyle
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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
An open-mouthed frown suggests the mask of Greek tragedy; a pout transforms her into a gargoyle.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022
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
The face on the other side of the gorse bush crumpled into a gargoyle, tongue sticking out, eyes popping, then returned to girl.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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