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How do you use Hesperides in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like nymph, plus the exact meaning.

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Hesperides in a sentence

Hesperides meaning

  1. A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
  2. The garden of the Hesperides.
  3. A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.

Synonyms of Hesperides

atlantides nymph

Related words

Other words often associated with Hesperides or its synonyms:

larva woman houri

Using Hesperides

  • The main meaning on this page is: A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus. | The garden of the Hesperides. | A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.
  • Useful related words include: atlantides, nymph.
  • In the example corpus, hesperides often appears in combinations such as: the hesperides.

Context around Hesperides

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

protecting 1×

Sentence patterns with Hesperides

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

apples of hesperides and capturing 1× hesperides are nymphs 1× of the hesperides 1× of the hesperides protecting the 1× of the hesperides to aphrodite 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

eurystheus set two 1× hesperides are nymphs 1× in greek mythology 1× the one shown 1×

Common sentence endings:

and manipulating them 1× entheogenic golden apples 1× of the hesperides 1× up to twelve 1× walters art museum 1×

Words around Hesperides

Just before it in the word index:

hesperia 10 hespera 2 hespeira 2 hespe 2 hesp 2 hesmondhalgh 2

Just after it in the word index:

hess 207 hessa 2 hessah 2 hessary 3 hessburg 2 hesse 137

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aapp 7 aarne 7 aaronic 7 aasa 7

Corpus analysis for Hesperides

  • In this selection, "hesperides" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, protecting stand out and add context to how "hesperides" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include apples of hesperides and capturing and hesperides are nymphs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hesperides" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hesperides

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In Greek mythology, Ladon coiled around the tree in the garden of the Hesperides protecting the entheogenic golden apples. (19 words)

Eurystheus set two more tasks (fetching the Golden Apples of Hesperides and capturing Cerberus ), which Heracles performed successfully, bringing the total number of tasks up to twelve. (27 words)

The one shown presents Hermes awarding the golden apple of the Hesperides to Aphrodite, who Paris has selected as the most beautiful of the goddesses. citation The Walters Art Museum. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

It was more as if a cupboard which one had hitherto valued as a place for hanging coats proved one day, when you opened the door, to lead to the garden of the Hesperides.. (34 words)

Hesperides are nymphs of evenings and sunsets and children of Atlas known for protecting a garden with a golden apple tree, alternating between helping people who stumble upon this garden and manipulating them. (33 words)

The one shown presents Hermes awarding the golden apple of the Hesperides to Aphrodite, who Paris has selected as the most beautiful of the goddesses. citation The Walters Art Museum. (30 words)

Example sentences (5)

Hesperides are nymphs of evenings and sunsets and children of Atlas known for protecting a garden with a golden apple tree, alternating between helping people who stumble upon this garden and manipulating them.

Eurystheus set two more tasks (fetching the Golden Apples of Hesperides and capturing Cerberus ), which Heracles performed successfully, bringing the total number of tasks up to twelve.

In Greek mythology, Ladon coiled around the tree in the garden of the Hesperides protecting the entheogenic golden apples.

It was more as if a cupboard which one had hitherto valued as a place for hanging coats proved one day, when you opened the door, to lead to the garden of the Hesperides..

The one shown presents Hermes awarding the golden apple of the Hesperides to Aphrodite, who Paris has selected as the most beautiful of the goddesses. citation The Walters Art Museum.

Common combinations with hesperides

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hesperides" in a sentence?
An example: "Hesperides are nymphs of evenings and sunsets and children of Atlas known for protecting a garden with a golden apple tree, alternating between helping people who stumble upon this garden and manipulating them." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "hesperides" from authentic English texts.
What does "hesperides" mean?
Hesperides means: A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
What are synonyms of "hesperides"?
Common synonyms of "hesperides" include: atlantides, nymph.
How many example sentences with "hesperides" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "hesperides", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.