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firefly

[fahyuhr-flahy] / ˈfaɪərˌflaɪ /


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You’re drawn to her half-done painting of the stage, surrounded by trees, fireflies dancing through the air and Cherokee syllabary sprinkled throughout.

From Literature

It was like staring into a field of fireflies, twinkling and blinking and vanishing and reappearing.

From Literature

By the end of the first episode, Samira is determined to stay in Hinkley Hills, warmed by new friends, enchanted by the fireflies and in love with the “sweet suburban air.”

From Los Angeles Times

A pair of fireflies blinked over Aunt Pretty’s peony bed.

From Literature

They floated out to sea like a swarm of fireflies against the dark water.

From Literature