lamiae

variants or lamias
Definition of lamiaenext
plural of lamia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamiae
Noun
  • Eternally Yours will tell an eternal love story about two vampires, Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards), who have been married for five hundred years, and their struggles to accept the human who is dating their daughter Emma (Helen J Shen).
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The movie is set in the Mississippi River Delta during the 1930s and tackles themes of music, race, family, religion and vampires.
    Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The hottest mess in this brood, at least from outward appearances, is Josh (Thomas Sadoski), a firefighter battling demons, pills and booze.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The bought-in blue demons knew early on in the second year under Holtmann that a turnaround season was possible.
    Jori Parys, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This also marks the first time players can become ghouls themselves in the mainline story.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Now working as a stocker, Ash accidentally unleashes undead ghouls after reading from the Necronomicon, forcing him to take up his chainsaw yet again to save humanity from the Deadites.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Kayce’s days are spent wrangling horses, and his evenings being haunted by nightmares of tragedies past.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Audre Lorde kept track of her nightmares and talked about going from the nightmare to the poem.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
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 11 Mar. 2026.

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