elfin

Example Sentences

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It had a familiar look to it—there was the same elfin chin as Cassiopeia, the poetic mouth of Beowulf.

From Literature

It actually took a few years for the elfin monsters to break into the mainstream.

From BBC

Soon I was navigating the reading nooks and chef’s kitchens of an elfin cottage, a gothic coastal A-frame, a cozy “loch house” in the Scottish Highlands.

From New York Times

Smiling his little elfin smile, he sometimes looks no older than that 11-year-old boy who had the world taken from him.

From Los Angeles Times

"Chalamet is elfin and puckish, unworldly and possessed of a Paddingtonian innocence and charm - and a nice singing voice - without being insufferable," he wrote.

From BBC