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

The herbs in the air reminded her of the hills around Camp Half-Blood in the summer, when the satyrs and naiads gathered wild plants in the lazy afternoons.

From Literature

The naiads, in pity for him, so bold and so young to die, buried him and carved upon the tomb:—

From Literature