sea serpent
Example Sentences
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Near the coast of Norway, Magnus depicts a bright-red sea serpent attacking a ship that tilts as though it’s being taken under.
From National Geographic • Dec. 28, 2023
In 1842, a vast, nearly intact skeleton was unearthed on a plantation in Alabama; it was soon identified as a member of Basilosaurus, a recently named genus of prehistoric sea serpent.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2023
This is balanced with all of the aforementioned struggles like finding a mythical sea serpent or perfecting a radical kind of surgery.
From The Verge • May 12, 2022
It will still showcase “Old Chiller,” the nearly hundred-year-old AC system — green as a sea serpent and almost as big — that once freshened the air at the Huntington Library.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2021
His account is simple and straightforward; Ovid’s extremely verbose—for instance, he takes a hundred lines to kill the sea serpent.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
