dryad

Example Sentences

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The knockers— hardy mountain dwellers accustomed to the cold—carried those who would have otherwise frozen: some of the dryads, or the winged sylphs, whose bodies were limp in the wintry air.

From Literature

He writes, “I have called this plant Dryas after the dryads, the nymphs that live in oaks, since the leaf has a certain likeness to the oak leaf.”

From New York Times

“I was at the other end of the park. The dryads had this great idea of passing me through the trees to get me here. They don’t understand height very well.”

From Literature

I sat at the top of Half-Blood Hill and watched the dryads come and go, singing to the dying pine tree.

From Literature

I’d been hanging around dryads for years, but I never really talked to them much.

From Literature