gargoyles in English

noun
1
a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall.
The ancient Greeks adorned important buildings with gargoyles to throw water away from the foundations.

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1. Afrits are similar to Heretic's Gargoyles, but unlike the Gargoyles in Heretic, the Afrits are nearly black and covered in fire

2. We could see that his yard was filled with firewood gargoyles.

3. The interactive guides are the witty gargoyles Hugo, Victor and Laverne.

4. 23 Corbelled gargoyles bristled,(www.Sentencedict.com) as if spewing into the warp.

5. Week of Gargoyle: Double growth for Gargoyle and O idia Gargoyles.

6. There were also six-paned casement windows and gargoyles in the eaves.

7. Levine's depictions of the gargoyles of Notre Dame are much in the tradition of Meryon.

8. During the time Mike raps his verses, Chester stands atop a platform with gargoyles on the edges.

9. She and Tabitha ran hand in hand about the enclosure, studying the façades, the gargoyles, the Crenellations, all that …

10. And where the old gargoyles are now crumbling away, attempts are being made to replace them, expensive though this is.

11. A lot of gargoyles have deteriorated more in the last 70-80 years than in the preceding 200 years because of the pollution.

12. Built in 1917, the Hotel des Artistes is a majestic 18-story building with a Gothic-style facade featuring charming gargoyles of painters, sculptors and writers.