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

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

But she also proved her stage chops, and then some, in the testing role of the gorgon movie star Alexandra del Lago in the Goodman Theater’s 2012 revival of Tennessee Williams’s “Sweet Bird of Youth.”

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2016

“You should both wait on that gorgon blood. If my sources are right, you’re going to need it on your quest.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan