mermaid
Example Sentences
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Of course, some of what he exhibited for his patrons had nothing to do with the real world—like his infamous Fiji mermaid, purportedly half monkey, half fish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
A ceramic red-haired mermaid sits in the corner of her spacious bathtub.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
But it’s also full of colorful songwriting, of Shires doing tarot with a mermaid, wandering New York listening to Billy Joel or catching her now-former partner behaving nonchalantly on a home security camera.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
It is amusing to see young Reubens in drag as a kid at Halloween, or playing a Cher-inspired mermaid in a video he made while at college.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025
I put my hand to my heart and clutched the gold mermaid.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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