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Example sentences from the Web for nymphsA disappointment: why nothing about nymphs and satyrs in mythology? Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Performance in ‘Nymphomaniac’ Is Not About the Sex|Jimmy So|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST You know, swimming in lakes, collecting miniature butterflies and putting them in boxes and writing letters to nymphs. Indie Rock's Bewitching New Siren|Rachel Syme|May 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST The Homeric Cave of Nymphs, περι του εν Οδυσσεια των Νυμφων αντρου. Simon Magus|George Robert Stow Mead Before I come to the Nymphs, I must get through all disagreeables. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends|John Keats
The nymphs in Cupid's band displayed their names, written in large letters on their backs. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra I collect all that the luchet has turned up: larvae, nymphs and adult Beetles. More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre One day he met there some nymphs and wood-fairies, who said that they were performing holy rites in honour of the sun. Deccan Nursery Tales|Charles Augustus Kincaid
Words related to nymphsfairy, spirit, goddess, sprite, naiad, nymphet, sylph, dryad, mermaid Female spirits of classical mythology who lived in forests, bodies of water, and other places outdoors. notes for nymphsBy extension, a “nymph” is a beautiful or seductive woman. Words nearby nymphsnympholept, nymphomania, nymphomaniac, nymphoncus, nymphotomy, nymphs, Nymwegen, Nynorsk, Nyoro, NYP, Nysa The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |