nymphet

Example Sentences

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By then, Lolita is no longer a nymphet, being all of seventeen.

From The New Yorker

It nods to the way that young girls — the nymphets in the Vladimir Nabokov work that inspired Ms. Dass’s title — are treated as passive objects of male desire.

From New York Times

Still, our response to nymphet worship will vary from person to person, depending on context and changing attitudes.

From The Guardian

In his most famous and controversial novel, Nabokov took up the story of Humbert Humbert, a man obsessed with a young girl, his nymphet, Lolita.

From New York Times

Balthus’s scenes of jaded nymphets display an indifference to history and ideas that verges on revanchism.

From New York Times