Nereid

Example Sentences

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She looks like a nereid, guarding the sea behind her, ready to kick away underwater when it rushes in.

From The New Yorker • May 19, 2017

“What was that nereid trying to say to you?”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

A nereid called after her in Nerish, something high and strangely pleading, but she did not turn.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

After she had bestowed her veil, the nereid dove like a gull to windward where a dark waveside closed over her whiteness.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

“We need to go. It may return. Ready?” said the nereid.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell