Example sentences for: vulture

How can you use “vulture” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It depicts the giant Tityus, whose punishment for raping the goddess Leto was to have his liver ripped out each day by a vulture, only to have it grow back each night.

  • Stress (evident in terms like prowler, skulker, lurker , as well as Trojan horse, worm, vulture, leech ) is soothed with (or disguised by) a variety of linguistic palliatives: generous helpings from pop culture ( cookie monster, Kermit ) and science fiction ( cyberpunk, core wars, cosmic rays, emoticon ); chummy diminutives ( archie, newbie, smiley ); and jingly rhymes ( snail mail ).

  • Obviously, one must be careful: few people would want to have to say that they live on Hyena Highway or Anteater Avenue or Vulture Drive; but Coyote Canyon Drive offers some alliteration, Chipmunk Way sounds cute, and who could object to Raccoon Road?

  • His punishment looks like another rape, with the vulture having its way with the bound and lustful (and apparently acquiescent) giant.

  • How can I approach her without seeming like a vulture?


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