Nereid

Example Sentences

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With the snap of a few typewriter keys, the omnipotent Lem can dispatch him to the Nereid Nebula to meet the Phools, a race of hominiformicans who suffered economic collapse after the wealthy few bankrupted the working class, the Drudgelings.

From Washington Post

Although researchers have found the remains of 80 thermopoliums, this one was adorned with a sign of a sea nymph, known as a nereid, which LiveScience reports immediately caught the eye of archaeologists.

From Fox News

The video showed a tall man wearing jeans, glasses, a leather jacket and a knit cap forcefully kicking the woman at least six times as she sat on a northbound No. 2 train that was pulling into the Nereid Avenue station.

From New York Times

She looks like a nereid, guarding the sea behind her, ready to kick away underwater when it rushes in.

From The New Yorker

Judge Charles Van Brunt’s old home was demolished in 1890 when the Crescent Athletic Club, together with the Nereid Boat Club, purchased the Van Brunt and Bergen estates.

From New York Times