Sentences with phrase «like nymph»

However, every new tidbit of the yarn discloses additional danger for the waif - like nymph, including dog - like creatures hiding in the grass waiting to attack.

Behind her is the moving tableau of her ladies, silver and white like the nymphs of Nysa.

Not exact matches

The meticulously stocked boutique is an attempt to mesmerize even the most jaded New York shopper: verdant murals of fruits and nymph - like creatures and rich wood panelling provides an organic backdrop for the clothing while halogen lights beaming from every direction, even the floor, reflect off a central glass staircase.

He was like, «at first when I met Nellie I thought oh she's one of those wood nymph girls.

This name reminds me of a fairy; it has a very nymph - like quality, due in part to the sweetness of the syllables.

Bite: A. americanum larvae and nymphs feed on birds and deer, even lizards and have been known to transmit STARI, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and other Lyme - like diseases, but the CDC does not recognize the lone star as a transmitter of true Lyme.

They bring to mind a sense of enchantment and transcendent realms where magical, otherworldly beings like fairies, elves, trolls, sylphs and nymphs reside.

I went for a very boho look, complete with no shoes and a flower crown... I was told I looked like a wood nymph, which I took as a compliment I also did a soft, gold smokey eye — see the tutorial here.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for feeling like a little nymph fairy.

Opt for clothes you like the most: folds that sits ideal on the body, draped tunic dresses or short pants, capri pants or skirts... Invent the image of a fantastic Amazons, a nymph or a lady from the future... gladiator sandals will suit each of them.

But Michelle, who sounds like Georgette on the old «Mary Tyler Moore Show,» really is a nymph.

They might have had to remove the concepts of the sword stuck in a stone and a nymph - like presence in the water, simply because those two elements are so associated with the legendary king.

Flynn plays up his plummy and posh screen accent to this «exquisite creature,» all oily charm as he nicknames Beverly «Woodsie,» because she is like a woodland nymph.

Echo is a nymph that likes to gossips so a spell is cast upon her to only reiterate things that she has heard.

The strait between Sylla and Charybdis are a narrow path safely navigated only if you have a nymph like Thetis to guide you.

For instance, the tick that transmits Lyme prefers small rodents as larvae, larger animals like raccoons, cats and humans as nymphs.

Minutes into the game, some Nymphs confirm that they sense Heracles» spirit, but that this guy doesn't look anything like Heracles.

Bradford's paintings commonly depict celestial landscapes filled with nymph - like swimmers, soft figures and mysticism.

Ultimately, like the mythic nymphs of The Odyssey who, through their songs, lured sailors into the sea and to their own destruction, Alloucherie's icebergs are sirens.

Often featuring nymph - like women and allusions to fairy tales, her paintings examine adolescent ennui through a particular language of gestural mark - making.

Thus an almost entirely abstract painting like Stil (Style)(1977) hangs adjacent to one of Lüpertz's reworkings of a classical subject, Satyr + Nymphe II (Satyr + Nymph II)(2014); and one of his many portrayals of the human back, Nacht (Night)(2013) hangs next to a painterly treatment of building materials, Holzschindeln — dithyrambisch (Wood Shingles — Dithyrambic)(1966).

While Davey works in clay and Turner, in pencil, the two artists share a common interest in feminine, nymph - like characters that seem to belong in the wild.

Works like Voyage to Crete and Cupid and Nymph reflect Nakian's filtering of ancient mythology through modern aesthetics and his ability to give classical figures new life and sensuality by channeling elements of Abstract Expressionism.