nymph
Example Sentences
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Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Echo is presumably the tragic nymph of mythology who was cursed by Hera to be little more than a voice that could only repeat the last words spoken to her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
The Pleiades myth describes the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and nymph Pleione.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
The word “Nyad” is a derivation of “naiad,” the water nymph from Greek mythology.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Lavender was exceptionally small for her age, a skinny little nymph with deep-brown eyes and with dark hair that was cut in a fringe across her forehead.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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