Lyra

[ US /ˈɫaɪɹə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega
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How To Use Lyra In A Sentence

  • You may think this trivial; the point is that if I'd mounted Miss Fanny that day I daresay I'd have lost interest in her -- at all events I'd have been less concerned to please her later, and would have avoided a great deal of sorrow, and being chased and bullyragged halfway round the world. Flash For Freedom
  • The variable stars in the above image are RR Lyrae variables, single stars that pulsate with periods of about half a day.
  • No sooner had he his feet under the table, though, than he was being ballyragged at county board meetings by suits who knew better than he who should be playing.
  • He blustered and bullyragged; he had been their boss and he had been fired without cause, he insisted. Joan of Arc of the North Woods
  • Found it to be in south latitude 28 degrees 55 minutes by meridian altitudes of sun, Aquilae (Altair), and Lyra, and in longitude about 121 degrees 10 minutes East. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated,
  • Since the bombing had started, the ritual checking of number seven Lyra Street had given Vi comfort.
  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is important to recognise because it is treatable.
  • He began to slow down as his surroundings began to grow more familiar, and soon he found that his feet had taken him home, to the small, run-down apartment building where he and Lyra lived.
  • Stems from twelve to fifteen inches high; leaves lyrate, the terminal lobe round; flowers small, in erect, loose, terminal spikes, or groups; the seeds are small, wrinkled, of a grayish color, and retain their vitality three years. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.
  • Lyra finds and uncages the caged daemons, gets them back to their owners, and engineers an escape for the children.
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