Example sentences for: nymphs

How can you use “nymphs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • You see winged nymphs and angels, arrow-bearing cupids, fabulously sensual and muscular naked women and men, enslaved Titans bearing the weight of entire lofty buildings on their sinewy backs, bearded philosophers, heroic Communist proletarians, and famous statesmen.

  • And a weaver of the garlands of the nymphs,

  • To the modern eye, they form a Renaissance and Baroque theme park dotted with loggias, cool fountains, grottoes with artificial stalactites, and myriad statues of gods, nymphs, and grotesques (derived from the word “grotto”).

  • In the adjoining square, the 16th-century Neptune Fountain is one of the town’s most popular symbols, for which Giambologna sculpted the bronze sea god surrounded by nymphs and cherubs.

  • Walk around the chestnut and lime trees, and admire Aristide Maillol’s 18 sensual statues of nymphs and languorous maidens, a few of which are coquettishly half concealed behind a miniature maze.


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