Explore Harpy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like vixen or eagle. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Harpy in a sentence
Harpy meaning
- A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
- A shrewish woman.
- One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Synonyms of Harpy
Using Harpy
- The main meaning on this page is: A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds. | A shrewish woman. | One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
- Useful related words include: vixen, eagle, harpia harpyja, harpy eagle.
- In the example corpus, harpy often appears in combinations such as: harpy eagles, the harpy, guyana harpy.
Context around Harpy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harpy
- In this selection, "harpy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, guyana, eagles, english, eagles, drone and shields stand out and add context to how "harpy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a harpy is a and arpía english harpy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harpy" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harpy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Harpy eagles Harpy eagles or "giant forest eagles" are large eagles that inhabit tropical forests. (15 words)
Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is home to many threatened and endemic species, such as harpy eagles. (15 words)
The Harpy shields are also Arc, which allows for a few shield break explosions and easier clears. (17 words)
He finds parallels between the current disagreement and two previous crises with the Americans at the start of the previous decade, surrounding the Falcon spy plane deal with China and another surrounding the upgrade of the Harpy drone. (38 words)
Isai Thorne, recently made his debut for the winning Guyana Harpy Eagles senior four-day team at the age of seventeen and is not far away from the senior West Indies team. (32 words)
The tournament will resume on March 15 to 18, with Trinidad and Tobago Red Force hosting leaders Guyana Harpy Eagles, at Brian Lara Cricket Academy. (25 words)
Example sentences (14)
Harpy eagles Harpy eagles or "giant forest eagles" are large eagles that inhabit tropical forests.
A harpy is a mythical creature in various mythologies and folklore, often depicted as a bird with the face of a woman.
She replaced her arms and legs with bird limbs, giving her a harpy-like appearance that perfectly represents her lethal abilities.
Sherfane Rutherford was the highest scorer for the Harpy Eagles, managing 30 runs from 52 deliveries, while Test opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul contributed 22 runs.
The tournament will resume on March 15 to 18, with Trinidad and Tobago Red Force hosting leaders Guyana Harpy Eagles, at Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is home to many threatened and endemic species, such as harpy eagles.
Isai Thorne, recently made his debut for the winning Guyana Harpy Eagles senior four-day team at the age of seventeen and is not far away from the senior West Indies team.
Support came from Harpy Eagles speedster Nial Smith who claimed 2-7, leaving David Williams (41) the only threat for the Hawks batting.
The 27-year-old, who captained the Guyana Harpy Eagles at the recent Super50, has played 17 First-Class and 24 List-A matches.
Luckily for the Mother of Dragons, her fiercest child returns in time to save her from the Sons of the Harpy.
He finds parallels between the current disagreement and two previous crises with the Americans at the start of the previous decade, surrounding the Falcon spy plane deal with China and another surrounding the upgrade of the Harpy drone.
The Harpy shields are also Arc, which allows for a few shield break explosions and easier clears.
Colombia also operates a militarized gunship version of the UH-60, with stub wings, locally known as Arpía (English Harpy).
The fish eagles, booted eagles, and harpy eagles have traditionally been placed in the subfamily Buteoninae together with the buzzard-hawks (buteonine hawks) and harriers.
Common combinations with harpy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: