gorgon

Example Sentences

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Mountain yam, bamboo pith and shoots, lotus seeds and gorgon fruit, which Yin says “looks like chickpeas, and tastes like tapioca,” all appear on his menu, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Instead of an evil monster, Haynes’s Medusa is a beloved gorgon sister with a keen intellect and a curiosity about the human world.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

You don’t know what compelled him to take the movie on, aside from the chance to work with Washington again and with Meryl Streep, who plays the scheming, gorgon mother.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

I knew I wasn’t a gorgon, but I guessed that if 10 strangers were to look at a photo of me, probably about four or five of them would find me attractive.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2016

The first time he’d seen the gorgon, posing as a Bargain Mart greeter with a big green button that read: Welcome!

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan