lamiae

variants or lamias
plural of lamia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamiae
Noun
  • Their story lines are connected by the Talamasca, a secret society that keeps tabs on the world’s vampires, witches, ghosts, and demons, like archivists and librarians trained in combat and engaged in spycraft.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
  • With good reason, as the history of this Louisiana city is filled with lore of witchcraft, voodoo, and even vampires.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In her exhaustive chronicle, Jennings traces the long folkloric history of monk-tormenting demons.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • For centuries, a peace treaty between humans and the Black World — which houses all manner of witches, demons, and ghouls — has been in place to ensure separation between the two factions.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • How will the weather affect the goblins, ghosts and ghouls in your neighborhood on Halloween evening?
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But this Halloween, chasing away the ghouls haunting Tesla looks like a miracle too far.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For years, Billboard has tracked the graveyard smashes, thriller nights and legal nightmares that have sunk their teeth into the KILLboard Rot 100.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
  • King is said to have had nightmares that night — his son running through endless hallways, pursued by a malevolent presence — inspiring the plot of the famous movie.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.
    Essence, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Lamiae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamiae. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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