How to Use cryptid in a Sentence

cryptid

noun

• Want to go on a spooky adventure to find all these cryptids and see if people will believe you?
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
• That’s for my partner, my pets, and the neighbors who spot me lurking around my area like a cryptid on nighttime walks.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
• Slick was also devoted to adventure — and the search for cryptids.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 15 July 2024
• So which cryptid is lucky enough to possibly get an official state designation?
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
• Brown is a cryptid, the rarest of creatures, the unwanted All-NBA wing in his prime.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 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
• The event will feature cryptid experts, vendors, and special screenings for attendees.
  — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
• 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
• 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
• This weekend, cryptids around Greater Cincinnati are celebrated.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2024
• The mythical yeti is represented on a new Nike Dunk Low that’s been decked out in faux fur and icy shades to resemble the cryptid creature.
  — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Like many cryptids, the exact appearance can differ based on individual reports and local legends.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The deep woods in which the film takes place may be mostly free from human encroachment, but these cryptids bear witness to what’s happening and contribute some distinctive noises of their own.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
• Yet, her experience isn’t too different from those who claim to have encountered cryptids, creatures whose existence remains a matter of debate.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
• Join Luke Honeywell and a smoking hot bluegrass band on a riotous river adventure in celebration of this strange cryptid.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Beloved legends elaborated, not debunked Zarka is expanding her role as an authority on all matters monster with a book on cryptids.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
• At the same time, the researchers explicitly caution that their findings don’t validate arguments in favor of an aquatic cryptid in Scotland either.
  — Andrew Paul Jul 30, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
• 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
• 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
• Others have questioned if the rabbits with the growths could be jackalopes, a cryptid from American lore which is said to have the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of an antelope, per The Smithsonian.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• 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 upcoming Frogman Festival in Loveland, where attendees can browse vendors, hear from cryptid experts and celebrate the local legend, will help bring the myth to life.
  — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
• Our protagonist here is cryptid hunter Peter Byrne, a man whose tireless questing since the 1970s has earned him a special place in the Bigfoot research community.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Via a sly, clever and potent allegory, the English singer-songwriter, who is trans, depicts the world of a vibrant but vilified cryptid community that finally rises up in the face of prejudice — not to attack, but simply to exist.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
• 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
• Hairy creature Inspired by legendary cryptids like Sasquatch, Yeti, and others worldwide, this emoji brings the mystery of the deep forest into the emoji lexicon without favoring any particular region's name.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025