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4 total sentences available.
Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, / A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, / A forked mountain, or blue promontory / With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, / And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; / They are black vesper's pageants.
Source: wiktionary
[…] a black-dressed matron—maybe, maid— / Mature, and dragonish of aspect, […]
Source: wiktionary
Only the beak-leaved boughs dragonish ˈ damask the tool-smooth bleak light; black.
Source: wiktionary
That's Hooktail! Max HP is 20, Attack is 5, and Defense is 1. She'll stomp and munch on you, and she has a more dragonish attack—stinky, fiery breath!
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include bold, draconic, dragon-themed, dragonlike, fantasy inspired.
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