“She rubbed her chest over the ache in her heart, wishing she'd not been such a bad-tempered harpy the last time she'd seen him.”

“Bishop Clifford was plagued and plundered to such an extent by that dishonest harpy, Nicholas de Clare, the King's Treasurer in Ireland, that he retired from this country in despair.”

“The harpy woman shook her wings and let out a blood curdling cry from the depths of her throat, raising goose bumps on my arms.”

“In keeping with the theme of the game, many are drawn from mythology, such as harpies, Minotaurs, skeletal centaurs, satyrs et al.”

“She sat there and took it like some kind of valkyrie or virago, perhaps the harpies of ancient myth.”

“Clearly he has himself down as a bit of a Lothario and us as a couple of gold-digging harpies.”