sphinx
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And funny: Don’t miss the tiny cat by Giacometti that’s hidden off to the side of the structure beside an imposing sphinx.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
We are put in charge of making our own way, through tapestries and tea sets, past ancient jug and contemporary sphinx, without heavy-handed authoritative direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
While the 11 rival candidates crisscrossed the central African country pressing the flesh ahead of the October 12 vote, Biya's campaign has been largely virtual, true to his reputation as a secretive "sphinx".
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Sphingolipids are named for the enigmatic sphinx of ancient mythology because their functions in biology traditionally have been somewhat mysterious.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
Tyrion rested his hand on the head of the sphinx beside the door.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
We no longer write of ideæ, chori, asyla, musea, sphinges, specimina for ideas, choruses, asylums, museums, sphinxes, specimens, and the notion of returning to such plurals would seem barbarous and absurd.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English
“I love this sort of ceremonial procession as you walk through the sphinxes and columns — these figures who have created safe space for me, literally, conceptually, spiritually,” Halsey says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
In it are depicted small sphinxes, cult items and an altar, all items recovered from the ruins of Antirhodos and depicting a scene that likely would have taken place in the temple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Its five long chapters — each written by a different scholar — cover unicorns, dragons, griffins, sphinxes and half-human creatures.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
When you get close enough, you can see that the heads of the sphinxes are really cranes and the haunches steel gates.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
One of the sphinxes brought, in her mouth, a large stone bowl, and in it a heaping of purple, pear-shaped gourds; Gelifen made straight for them.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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