Nereid

Example Sentences

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The models drowned hair and a backdrop of the sea, including what might have been sound waves, added to the idea that these were nereids up from the deep.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2012

Dressed by the nereids and embalmed with honey, honey and unguent in the seething blaze, you turned to ash.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

It was the same high call he had heard, days before, from the nereids.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“Irian Guinne! What is it? The nereids sent a message via the ratatoskas. They said it was urgent: they said it was Nighthand.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“Most ratatoskas collect gossip. Ratwin collects directions, compass points, water routes. She knows the ways of the islands—where the krakens rise and where the nereids swim—better than any sailor I’ve ever met. Come on. Breakfast.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell