The "elder" meant is, according to some (in Lyra), Matthew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Salvation will come only if Theron can win Lyra's trust — and her heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [OOTB Tour: Veiled Truth by Vivi Anna] Reference

Lyra is too small to do much more than whap Sasha and run away, which she does rather frequently.    From Wordnik.com.  [WCB: All Over Archie] Reference

The song will be called Lyra, after the main character in the movie and will be played over the end credits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference

In the heavens, as a bright constellation called Lyra, or Orpheus, the gods placed his lute, and to the place of his martyrdom came the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Myths] Reference

This little story is complex and nuanced, and I found it much more satisfying than “Lyra and the Birds”, the story in Lyra’s Oxford.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman and Further Web Wanderings] Reference

"Lyra," he whispered intently, shifting his gaze from her to the guard and back again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voyage To The City Of The Dead]

Roxana of Illuminated Perfume offers a scent called "Lyra," inspired by the character.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polders are not Fjords] Reference

"Lyra-" Lyra's face turned toward her, and the words of prudence caught in Raederie's throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heir of Sea and Fire]

A perfume called Lyra sounds wonderful!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polders are not Fjords] Reference

Lyra is a main character I can get behind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Compass: Subversive Brainwashing or Great Storytelling? « A Working Title] Reference

To the "Lyra", Keble and others also contributed poems.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference

"Lyra" after the boat was hauled-out at Noank Shipyard on Thursday in Groton.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference

Captain Oldfield of the 'Lyra' is sent already, to explore, as far as he can, in that ship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Personal Life of David Livingstone] Reference

Lyra pushed back a feather of hair into her snood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

As Lyra had said, he was well known in many cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

She didn't want to be an actress; she wanted to be Lyra.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arctic Adventurer] Reference

Instantly, you know this Lyra is someplace she shouldn't be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pullman's Progress] Reference

Often, still, I find myself thinking, I must tell Lyra that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

Lyra has begun to understand what the compass is telling her.    From Wordnik.com.  [A question, lightly held] Reference

Can there be a new way to believe, as Lyra sets out to find out?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nica Lalli: An Atheist on The Golden Compass] Reference

I SPENT the next night with Lyra, a promise long since exchanged.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

By the end of this absorbing trilogy, Lyra has learned that lesson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pullman's Progress] Reference

An example of a double star is to be found in the constellation of Lyra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aether and Gravitation] Reference

I asked Quinn and Lyra to sum up the feelings of the women writing to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlene H. Phillips: Insulted Women Sound Off On Campaign Politics] Reference

'Lyra will rise to-morrow,' said some one, after Cæsar reformed the calendar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference

So Lyra valued my fresh bits of news, more than some of her costlier presents.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

So I only asked, if that great star up there was Lyra; but all the time Anodyne.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference

As I sang, I saw Lyra look at me under her lashes; but I only threw her a smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

When Lyra tells the harpy another story, a true one, it responds quite differently.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anti-Potter] Reference

In The Golden Compass, Lyra is suddenly so, you know, “I love you, Iorek Byrnison!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Screenwriter’s Valentine: An Interview with Screen Plays Author David S. Cohen: Jim Windolf] Reference

Lyra did her share; but would drop her voice to talk to me again, as if she found it better.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

Lyra which you observe near the zenith, and that is fifty thousand millions of leagues distant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Underground City] Reference