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
American cyclone chaser Josh Morgerman, who flew to Australia to see his first southern hemisphere storm in Debbie, had his car swamped by water in Proserpine and ended up sheltering with a local.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2017
One man was injured after a wall collapsed in Proserpine, a town south of Airlie Beach, Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
The costumes were scrappy, like a conservatory’s work, though Pluton and Proserpine had a charming goth-Victorian vibe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2014
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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