Proserpine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I’d forgotten Cyane, the naiad, who rises from the river to beg Pluto not to take Proserpine.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
But he moves on without me, and I stand alone a while longer and stare at the goose bumps raised and rippled, carved by a tool onto Proserpine.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
“The roads are closed north and south of Proserpine, so we would have been stuck in Airlie Beach with no food, water or power. I have a daughter still stuck in Airlie now.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2017
John Collins, a member of the Whitsundays government council, was sheltering from the storm with his wife and four daughters inside their house in Proserpine.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2017
She gave Psyche a box which she was to carry to the underworld and ask Proserpine to fill with some of her beauty.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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