gorgon

Example Sentences

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In truth, having a man portray Lady B. as a drag gorgon is hardly daring—I have seen more men than women in the part.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

But when a narcissistic gorgon is also viciously funny, what you get is Kristoffer Borgli’s smart dark satire about the seemingly unquenchable thirst for center stage.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

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

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

And the word racist, to them, conjures, if not a tobacco-spitting oaf, then something just as fantastic—an ore, troll, or gorgon.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates