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

The nereid reached out and pulled Mal onto the back of the hippocamp.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Meanwhile the nereid swam from the lap of Ocean laden with four sealskins, new flaved for the hoax she thought of playing on her father.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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