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Recent Examples of wood nymph
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wood nymph
Noun
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The babies, called nymphs, hatch from these eggs after six weeks and fall to the ground.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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Early instar nymphs are black in color with white spots; fourth instar nymphs are red with black and white spots.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now, drama comes in the form of scenery; swimmers emerge from the sea like mermaids to sun on the rocks while seagulls look like paper airplanes being carried through the sky.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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From encounters with mermaids, the devil and even Robin Hood to themes of superstition and skulduggery, these short tales are perfect escapism to dip in and out of during your summer vacation.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Wood nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wood%20nymph. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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