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

Many humans are infected when they’re nipped by nymph ticks, a period in their life cycle when they’re roughly the size of a poppy seed and barely visible to the naked eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

The Pleiades myth describes the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and nymph Pleione.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

A wood nymph brought me a plate of Olympian olive-and-pepperoni pizza, but I wasn’t hungry.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan