How to Use cryptid in a Sentence

cryptid

noun

• Brown is a cryptid, the rarest of creatures, the unwanted All-NBA wing in his prime.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• Lewis is killed in a car accident, Noah feels that the only person who can understand him is the famed cryptid Mothman.
  — Renata Sancken, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• Phoebe, a humanoid cryptid and perhaps the movie’s most fascinating creation, goes to great lengths to keep her lethal hair-snakes and stony gaze under wraps.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• These humanoid cryptids are also the focus of folklore throughout Ohio and Michigan, so try not to break down there either.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
• This year's Bigfoot event will bring together cryptid experts, fans of the ape-like monster, and skeptics alike to learn more about the legendary creature.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 24 June 2021
• Beaded with hex nuts and other pieces of hardware, the piece pulls inspiration from shibari rope techniques and makes the wearer look like an industrial fringe cryptid that appears in your dreams.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 3 June 2021
• Other places—usually small, out-of-the-way towns—used cryptids as local mascots, a means of establishing an identity.
  — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• Following in the footsteps of visual novels like Hatoful Boyfriend and Dream Daddy, this cryptid romance subverts expectations for the genre.
  — Reece Rogers, Wired, 11 Mar. 2021
• The museum leans into the outsized mythology behind Mothman, with displays dedicated to Keel and others who have written about the cryptid, as well as artifacts from the 2002 movie.
  — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• Today someone can generate a convincing video of the world’s favorite cryptid species with little more than an artificial intelligence prompt.
  — Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
• Like many cryptids, the exact appearance can differ based on individual reports and local legends.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• But the escalation to a sillier or darker or stranger punchline about his grievance against the filmmaker, or his attraction to a fellow cryptid, never materializes.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Sightings and stories about the Mogollon Monster have circulated for decades, but there's no scientific evidence to support its existence, so it's considered a cryptid or urban legend.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• This cryptid — an animal whose existence is unsubstantiated — has been the subject of passionate research, films, books and newspaper reports.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2021
• Although many folklorists and historians believe this story belongs to the older tradition of kelpie and water horse legends, accounts of Loch Ness’s cryptid continued to pop up in history, with various sightings being reported over the centuries.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024