fey

Example Sentences

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But she complemented the Welsh actor who "brings a furious fey playfulness and vulnerability" to his character.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

He is mischievous, like Depp’s and Wilder’s depictions, but while Depp was quirky and fey, and Wilder was sly and sarcastic, Chalamet’ doesn’t have an ounce of guile.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

All three victims are Lymp’s affluent half-siblings, from whom he is estranged: Dr. Marian Harmon, West Mills’ officious Black pediatrician; her sporty younger sister Marva; and Lazarus, their fey brother.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Kristen Stewart plays Timlin, a bureaucrat whose interest in cataloguing Saul’s mutations gives way to a doe-eyed crush; in a squirrelly, fey performance, she follows him like a bobby-soxer chasing after a pop idol.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

‘No,’ said Pippin, ‘not yet. And even now his death might be prevented, I think. But the Lord of the City, Beregond, has fallen before his city is taken. He is fey and dangerous.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien