How to Use nymph in a Sentence

nymph

noun

• The straight shank and U-bend of a nymph hook work well to present the body of a bug.
  — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 20 May 2020
• Then the nymph crawls out of the water, molts for the last time and has wings.
  — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021
• Hermes, the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia, was one of the 12 Olympian gods.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
• In six weeks, nymphs hatch and fall to the ground, and begin their life in the soil.
  — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 18 July 2017
• The nymph’s right leg, which once swung over to the left, was broken off.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
• But the bugs are already out there in their nymph stage.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2023
• The egg bite has been on fire and the nymph bite as the water clears will pick up as well.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
• As early nymphs, the lantern flies are black with white spots.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
• On the Owyhee, browns will hammer dry flies and nymphs, so be on the lookout and match the hatch!
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Tie on a big, high-floating White Wulff, and trail a #14 gray nymph off of the blood knot.
  — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 31 July 2020
• It was said that Pan was in love with a nymph named Syringa.
  — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
• The spot is marked by a Napoleon III–era statue of a river nymph.
  — Diane Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2021
• The nymphs that hatch there will develop over the winter and emerge to fly north for the spring.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2023
• Here, though, all the dancers are the faun and their attention locks not on a nymph but on us.
  — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• When his ardor flagged, the nymph’s task was to rekindle it.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• In their final pre-adult stage, the nymphs take on a red coloration.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
• Small dry flies, nymphs, spinners, spoons and bait will catch fish.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 16 Mar. 2018
• Take a shower and scrub with a washcloth; nymphs swirl down the drain like so many flecks of dirt.
  — Ted Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• If apolysis has not happened, then the nymph would not emerge from the soil.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 26 May 2021
• What’s more, water bug nymphs—whose life stage lasts up to 60 days—must be as tough as adults.
  — National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2019
• Phoenician myth tells the tale of a beautiful sea nymph, Tyrus, and the god Melqart, who sought to win her heart.
  — Mark Woolmer, National Geographic, 24 Sep. 2020
• The eggs hatch, and tiny nymphs burrow into the soil, beginning the process over again.
  — Julie Bosman Jamie Kelter Davis, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• The insect in the nymph stage has coloring similar to that in the adult stage.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2023
• The cockroach nymphs then hatch out of the egg sac right into the fire ant enclosure.
  — National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2017
• The nymphs then cycle through five life stages in as many weeks, shedding their skin each time.
  — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2011
• In early summer, as the water warms up, the nymphs rise to the surface of the water and their shells split open.
  — Heather Radke, Longreads, 16 June 2018
• The counter boasts an image of an undersea nymph astride a horse.
  — Fox News, 28 Dec. 2020
• Cast a lead-head jig and twister tail, small hooks tipped with worms or nymphs and work them along the river bottom.
  — cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Nymphs hatched in the silvery water and the western sky lit up like coals in a dying fire.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
• Periodic cicadas have submerged themselves a foot or two below the surface in the form of wingless nymphs and feast on the sap of tree roots.
  — Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024