Harpy
/ˈhɑɹpi/
"Harpy" in a Sentence (7 examples)
Mary is a harpy.
Mary's a harpy.
My landlady is a harpy.
Both table and provisions vanish'd quite, With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.
But her most subtle wiles proved ineffectual in ridding her, even for a moment, of her harpy jailer[…]
[…] Ed Miliband has yet to come up with a definition of “the squeezed middle” that excludes anyone, but you can bet your bottom dollar he has these laptop-wielding harpies in mind.
c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury The harpies about me all pocket the pool.