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

Without warning, the nereid thrust Mal at him and vanished underwater.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The nereid smiled a sudden sharp-toothed smile and whistled—and from the waves emerged Nighthand and Irian, each riding a hippocamp.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But Ino saw him—Ino, Kadmos’ daughter, slim-legged, lovely, once an earthling girl, now in the seas a nereid, Leukothea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The nereid made no move to hand Mal over.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell