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
  • He is often seen with a trident and is married to Amphitrite, a sea nymph.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The eggs will hatch after six to 10 weeks and the cicada nymphs will burrow themselves into the ground, attaching to the tree's roots.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024

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