And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could for they were as wild as harpies.
Source: tatoeba (1629523)
Harpies
Synonyms for "harpies" (95 found)
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To find the harpies' nest, follow the trail on the mini-map.
Source: tatoeba (6167635)
Saved from the sea, the Strophades we gain, / so called in Greece, where dwells, with Harpies, dire / Celaeno, in the vast Ionian main, / since, forced from Phineus' palace to retire, / they fled their former banquet.
Source: tatoeba (7013712)
When straight, down-swooping from the hills meanwhile / the Harpies flap their clanging wings, and tear / the food, and all with filthy touch defile, / and, mixt with screams, uprose a sickening stench and vile.
Source: tatoeba (7014463)
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