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Example sentences from the Web for centaursCentaurs would grow comet-like tails if they fell closer toward the Sun. Chariklo, a Minor Planet Nicknamed a “Centaur,” Discovered to Have Rings|Matthew R. Francis|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST We close this chapter with an account of Centaurs and Lapith. The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts The combat of the Greeks and Amazons occupies twelve slabs of marble, and that of the Centaurs eleven. Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II)|Charles Bucke She has hawk-faced gods that worship her, and the centaurs gallop at her side. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man|Oscar Wilde
There are also two very fine single statues of centaurs in the Capitoline Museum. Myth-Land|F. Edward Hulme Nor, since that fatal day, does one hear of the Centaurs any more. Gods and Heroes|R. E. Francillon
Words related to centaursgiant, devil, freak, behemoth, horror, demon, beast, villain, whale, dragon, savage, mutant, titan, ogre, colossus, brute, barbarian, abnormality, mammoth, hellion Creatures in classical mythology who were half-human and half-horse. Words nearby centaurscental, centare, centas, centaur, centaurea, centaurs, Centaurus, centaury, centavo, centenarian, centenary The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |