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