Sample Sentences forHydra (editor-reviewed)
Hydra from Greek mythology
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On the painted vase, the tiny figure of Hercules battles the twisting necks of the Hydra beside a dark, swampy lake.Hydra = a many-headed monster in Greek myth
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Corruption in the city government turned out to be a political hydra—every time one scandal was addressed, two more seemed to appear.Hydra = a problem that cannot be easily fixed because it has many aspects or is persistent
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he Hydra appears in several ancient stories as a symbol of chaos that even heroes struggle to control.Hydra = a many-headed monster in Greek myth
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This is a hydra that defies an easy solution.Hydra = a problem that cannot be easily fixed because it has many aspects or is persistent
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The Hydra was still puffing gusts of her burning breath into Marcus's lungs. (source)Hydra = a monster with many heads
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His palm was moist and hot as a hydra's swamp. (source)
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The plaque read, HYDRA HEAD #1, WOODSTOCK, N.Y., 1969. (source)HYDRA = Greek mythology: a monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
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He spelled out the Klan hierarchy as it proceeded from the local to the national level: an Exalted Cyclops and his twelve Terrors; a Great Titan and his twelve Furies; a Grand Dragon and his nine Hydras; and the Imperial Wizard and his fifteen Genii.† (source)
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How do you kill a hydra? (source)hydra = a monster with many heads
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It was an immense forest, huge mineral vegetation, enormous petrified trees linked by garlands of elegant hydras from the genus Plumularia, those tropical creepers of the sea, all decked out in shades and gleams.† (source)
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The Hydra itself must be killed, Max. (source)Hydra = Greek mythology: a monster with many heads
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One of the hydras had a tree sapling sprouting between its necks.† (source)
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The dogs look up as one, a three-headed hydra.† (source)
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The walls were lined with metal shelves six stories high, decorated with war banners, painted shields, and the stuffed heads of dragons, hydras, giant lions, and wild boars.† (source)
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Even the mighty National Security Agency, America's omniscient signals intelligence service, was struggling to keep pace with ISI S's digital hydra.† (source)
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There, beneath that external silence, battles of giants, like those recorded in Homer, are in progress; skirmishes of dragons and hydras and swarms of phantoms, as in Milton; visionary circles, as in Dante.† (source)
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