Examples of faun in a Sentence
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The teaser doesn’t show too much, except a glimpse of a faun, and perhaps a menacing minotaur, two fixtures from the mythical world of Greek gods.
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Dan Heching, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
His faun-like tail?
—Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 7 May 2022
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
On the cover: What comes to mind in seeing Christopher Smith’s self-portrait as a faun?
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 24 June 2021
And what’s up with those zealous, self-flagellating fauns?
—Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2019
They are procedurally generated locales with different rocks, faun and flora.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 11 July 2019
One special antique is our English lead dancing faun.
—Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
Avery leaps around like a faun in floral dresses, creepily bending to desk level and inclining her head blankly.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2018
Dan Heching, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
His faun-like tail?
—Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 7 May 2022
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
On the cover: What comes to mind in seeing Christopher Smith’s self-portrait as a faun?
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 24 June 2021
And what’s up with those zealous, self-flagellating fauns?
—Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2019
They are procedurally generated locales with different rocks, faun and flora.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 11 July 2019
One special antique is our English lead dancing faun.
—Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
Avery leaps around like a faun in floral dresses, creepily bending to desk level and inclining her head blankly.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2018
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“Faun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faun. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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faun
noun
ˈfȯn 
ˈfän
: a figure in Roman mythology dwelling in the country and represented as part goat and part man
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