dryad

Example Sentences

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The dryad who would have perished with it told him to ask anything he desired and she would give it.

From Literature

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

A giant was ripping up trees in Bryant Park while dryads pelted him with nuts.

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