Harpies

1. Vicious winged beings in classical mythology , often depicted as birds with women's faces. In the story of Jason , they steal or spoil an old blind man's food, leaving a terrible odor behind them.

Example Sentences

Donkey, who had slipped under her mother’s bed, creeps over to the keyhole and hears Rosie say, “What are you harpies cooking up?”

From Los Angeles Times

He remembered the old blind king who had chased harpies through Portland with a WeedWacker.

From Literature

The Wall Street Journal recently sanctified Rush Limbaugh as “patient zero” of today’s cancel culture, which suggests just how successfully conservative voices have been muzzled by this fantastical plague of liberal harpies.

From Washington Post

"Who rides with you? Tell me truly, or I shall set harpies to tear you limb from limb and hang your remains from a hook deep beneath the world."

From Literature

At first, on meeting the harpies who guard the realm of the dead, she lies – tells them what she thinks they want to hear.

From The Guardian