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Examples of wood nymph in a Sentence
wood nymphs were usually conceived as being both beautiful and amorous
Recent Examples on the Web
Stark put a dreamy twist on her baby pink wings, delivering a real-life fairy fantasy with her soft makeup, sculptural hair and gauzy peach matching set worthy of a wood nymph.
—Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
Congrats to real-life wood nymph Taylor Swift!
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021
Lymph rhymes with wood nymph.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
Imagining oneself as a wood nymph wearing a bold lip and loud peasant dress doesn’t totally ward off unwanted attention.
—New York Times, 30 July 2021
Sam and Dean discover a wood nymph who is determined to protect her family at any cost.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
Natalie Image, Simone McIntosh, Ashley Dixon, Philip Horst, Laura Krumm and Andrew Manea play assorted wood nymphs and forest denizens.
—Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019
Actors disguised as forest creatures, wood nymphs and deer, scampered about as the 850 students came to step away for one night from the horrific event that rocked all of their young lives.
—Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1567, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near wood nymph
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“Wood nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood%20nymph. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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