naiad
Example Sentences
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To my relief, the directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, working with the screenwriter Julia Cox, trace Diana’s mythic roots not just to the naiads, but to zealots like Captain Ahab.
From New York Times
The word “Nyad” is a derivation of “naiad,” the water nymph from Greek mythology.
From Los Angeles Times
Leighton set his youthful figure — a classical nymph or naiad — in a Mediterranean setting.
From Washington Post
It was the perfect day for the naiads to hatch: warm and windless.
From Nature
A glory of light coming up from behind the distant trees seems to hail her as the naiad of the place, pagan and vital.
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