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- noun Plural form of
sphinx .
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Examples
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On either side, this way is bordered by a row of statues, and these statues are in the form of what we call sphinxes -- that is to say, they have bodies shaped like crouching lions, and on the lion-body there is set the head of a different creature.
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This author also describes the locusts, as generally used for food; the troglodytes; the rhinoceros; the cameleopard; what he calls sphinxes, but which are represented as tame, and are supposed to be apes, distinguished from the common ape in the face being smooth and without hair.
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Two sphinxes from the famous avenue adorn the terrace, and look down upon their half-buried companions in the sand-hollow below.
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They had been dubbed sphinxes by some unknown being far back in history, though the term was not quite correct.
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They had been dubbed sphinxes by some unknown being far back in history, though the term was not quite correct.
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They had been dubbed sphinxes by some unknown being far back in history, though the term was not quite correct.
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To add an air of mystery, McKenzie brought in major decor elements inspired by the ancient world-giant golden Egyptian statues, such as sphinxes, the god Anubis, and a tall, distressed obelisk surrounded by a four-sided bar in the center of the 6,000-square-foot tent.
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Inside the hall was an explosion of color, with golden images of sphinxes and lions, while the capitals of the columns were carved like the heads of gigantic bulls.
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Inside the hall was an explosion of color, with golden images of sphinxes and lions, while the capitals of the columns were carved like the heads of gigantic bulls.
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Bookish gryphons, petulant sphinxes, mourning mermaids, sinister ringmasters, all these and more!
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