When he was about to pass, the Sphinx jumped in front of him.

This terrible monster was the Sphinx.

What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?

The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.

Really smart, that Sphinx!

I will let you pass safely," the Sphinx said, "if you can answer my riddle."

The Sphinx howled with rage.

Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.

The Sphinx began to walk around him.

The Sphinx is the largest statue in Egypt.