elves

Example Sentences

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You can watch our soldiers rappel out of one of the Seahawks just like Santa’s elves.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

“They are literally magical elves and they make this happen.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

"All the other children were dressed as elves," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Brownies at that time was a strange organization in which the girls were divided into groups named after different kinds of fairies—pixies, elves and gnomes were the groups in our outfit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

But then the clover elves all start to talk in Chitterish, and the one who can speak English explains that they’re just amazed by Sarah’s freckles and Jack’s buttons?”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish